Zika and dengue but not chikungunya are associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome in Mexico: a case-control study
I. Grijalva, C. Grajales-Muniz, C. Gonzalez-Bonilla, V. H. Borja-Aburto, M. Paredes-Cruz, J. Guerrero-Cantera, J. Gonzalez-Ibarra, A. Vallejos-Paras, T. Rojas-Mendoza, C. E. Santacruz-Tinoco, P. Hernandez-Bautista, L. Arriaga-Nieto, M. Garza-Sagastegui, I. Vargas-Ramos, A. Sepulveda-Nunez, , A. A. Cervantes-Ocampo
This study finds that Zika virus (ZIKV) and ZIKV-DENV co-infection are associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Mexico, while dengue virus (DENV) alone is not, with ZIKV-linked GBS showing more severe clinical outcomes.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases · Dec 17, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology