Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection

Dirlikov, Emilio; Torres, José V.; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil; Reagan-Steiner, Sarah; Pérez, George Venero; Rivera, Aidsa; Major, Chelsea; Matos, Desiree; Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge; Shieh, Wun-Ju; Zaki, Sherif R.; Sharp, Tyler M.

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Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection

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Jan 2018
By Dirlikov, Emilio ; Torres, José V. ; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Dirlikov, Emilio ; Torres, José V. ; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil ; Reagan-Steiner, Sarah ; Pérez, George Venero ; Rivera, Aidsa ; Major, Chelsea ; Matos, Desiree ; Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge ; Shieh, Wun-Ju ; Zaki, Sherif R. ; Sharp, Tyler M.
Description:

Postmortem examination results of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome and confirmed Zika virus infection revealed demyelination of the sciatic and cranial IV nerves, providing evidence of the acute demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy Guillain-Barré syndrome variant. Lack of evidence of Zika virus in nervous tissue suggests that pathophysiology was antibody mediated without neurotropism.
Subjects:

Aged Autopsy Coinfection Guillain-Barre Syndrome Humans Male Zika Virus Infection
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(1):114-117.
Pubmed ID:

29261094
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5749436
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Puerto Rico
Location:

Caribbean
Volume:

24
Issue:

1
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:2d6f77f9aad136af14e22864926691fef2cabb02d16005269db55d558a1b9246
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