Browsing Technical documents and research evidence on COVID-19 by Subject "Guillain-Barre Syndrome"
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COVID-19 and Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases
(2020-10-29)Introduction: Over 4.9 million cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been confirmed since the worldwide pandemic began. Since the emergence of COVID-19, a number of confirmed cases reported autoimmune manifestations. ... -
Guillain-Barre Syndrome (42 Cases) Occurring During a Zika Virus Outbreak in French Polynesia
(2016-06)Zika virus (transmitted by mosquitoes) reached French Polynesia for the first time in 2013, leading to an epidemic affecting 10% of the total population. So far, it has not been known to induce any neurological complications, ... -
Guillain-barre syndrome and Zika virus: Epidemiological surveillance in Puerto Rico
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Guillain-Barre syndrome and Zika virus: Estimating attributable risk to inform intensive care capacity preparedness
(2016-06)On 1 February 2016, Zika virus (ZIKV) was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization [1]. This relatively unknown flavivirus from the Flaviviridae family of viruses such ... -
Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Guillain-Barre syndrome caused by Zika virus infection
(2016-06)The recent Zika virus infection (Zika) epidemic in Brazil has been associated with neurological anomalies, including an increase in the number of cases of microcephaly and, more recently, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) [1, ... -
Update: Ongoing Zika Virus Transmission - Puerto Rico, November 1, 2015-July 7, 2016
(2016-08)Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, and infection can be asymptomatic or result in an acute febrile illness with rash (1). Zika virus infection during pregnancy ... -
Zika virus and autoimmunity: from mycrocephaly to Guillain-Barre syndrome, and beyond
(2016-07)Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy may be linked to fetal neurological complications that include brain damage and microcephaly. How the viral infection relates to fetal brain malformations is unknown. This study ... -
Zika Virus and the Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Case Series from Seven Countries
(2016)Zika virus (ZIKV) disease had been described as a mild, self-limiting illness associated with fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis.1 However, during the outbreak in French Polynesia, 42 patients with ZIKV disease ... -
Zika virus detection in urine from patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome on Martinique, January 2016
(2016-06)Two cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) were diagnosed in January 2016 on Martinique, a French West Indies island of 390,000 inhabitants. Both patients were found to have ZikV in their urine at hospital admission. An ...