ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2016
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Zika Virus Infection in a Traveler Returning from Guyana.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Arbovirus-Associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Characteristics, Subtypes, and Vaccine Associations.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2026Pooled it
- Guillain-Barré syndrome related to Zika virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical and electrophysiological phenotype.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Pooled it
- Zika virus infection as a cause of congenital brain abnormalities and Guillain-Barré syndrome: From systematic review to living systematic review.F1000Research · 2018Pooled it
- Neurological complications of Zika virus and their impact on quality of life: a narrative review.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Review
- An Overview of Zika Virus and Zika Virus Induced Neuropathies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Development and pre-clinical evaluation of a Zika virus diagnostic for low resource settings.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Mucocutaneous Features of Zika-a Review.Current infectious disease reports · 2019Review
- Dengue Virus Infection of Blood-Brain Barrier Cells: Consequences of Severe Disease.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Review
- Zika clinical updates: implications for pediatrics.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2018Review
- Epidemiology of Zika Virus Infection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2017Review
- Characterization ofJournal of virology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus with a significant public health impact highlighted by the ongoing epidemic in the Americas. We describe a 44-year-old male presenting to our tropical medicine center with complaints of fever, headache, joint pain, and rash after recent travel to Guyana. The patient subsequently developed gait imbalance and lower extremity weakness with clinical examination, cerebrospinal fluid studies, and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine consistent with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). ZIKV infection was confirmed via detection of ZIKV RNA in urine by polymerase chain reaction. The patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin and experienced near-complete neurologic recovery, reporting ongoing mild paresthesia up to 2 months later. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges posed by ZIKV and underscores the need for clinician awareness of the potential for neurological complications such as GBS with ZIKV infection.
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