Outbreak of Guillain-Barré syndrome possibly related to prior Zika virus infection, Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2015.
Martha Elizabeth Brasil da NóbregaEmerson Luiz de Lima AraújoMarcelo Yoshito WadaPriscila Leal E LeiteGeorge Santiago DimechJadher PércioPublished in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2018)
the findings reinforce a possible relationship between GBS and Zika infection, given the absence of increased GBS occurrence in previous dengue epidemic years, absence of chikungunya transmission records, presence of clinical manifestations compatible with infection and a laboratory confirmation.