Zika and dengue but not chikungunya are associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Mexico: A case-control study.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Israel Grijalva, Concepción Grajales-Muñiz, César González-Bonilla, Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto, Martín Paredes-Cruz, José Guerrero-Cantera, Joaquín González-Ibarra, Alfonso Vallejos-Parás, Teresita Rojas-Mendoza, Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco, Porfirio Hernández-Bautista, Lumumba Arriaga-Nieto, Ma Guadalupe Garza-Sagástegui, Ignacio Vargas-Ramos, Ana Sepúlveda-Núñez, Omar Israel Campos-Villarreal, Roberto Corrales-Pérez, Mallela Azuara-Castillo, Elsa Sierra-González, José Alfonso Meza-Medina, Bernardo Martínez-Miguel, Gabriela López-Becerril, Jessica Ramos-Orozco, Tomás Muñoz-Guerrero, María Soledad Gutiérrez-Lozano, Arlette Areli Cervantes-Ocampo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Barré
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008032; https://doaj.org/article/3c06f30fe9e84c3692d43e24293502e9

Background Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses (ZIKV, CHIKV and DENV) are temporally associated with neurological diseases, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Because these three arboviruses coexist in Mexico, the frequency and severity of GBS could theoretically increase. This study aims to de...