El brote de síndrome de Guillain-Barré asociado a la infección por el virus del Zika en la Polinesia Francesa: un

Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau1, Alexandre Blake2, Sandrine Mons3

  • 1Unit of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institut Louis Malardé, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia.

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Resumen

La infección por el virus del Zika está fuertemente relacionada con el síndrome de Guillain-Barré, como lo demuestran las altas tasas de anticuerpos del Zika en pacientes afectados durante un brote en la Polinesia Francesa. Este hallazgo pone de relieve la necesidad de estar preparados en las regiones que se enfrentan a la propagación del virus Zika.

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