title: Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barre syndrome--case report, French Polynesia, December 2013.
abstract: Zika fever, considered as an emerging disease of arboviral origin, because of its expanding geographic area, is known as a benign infection usually presenting as an influenza-like illness with cutaneous rash. So far, Zika virus infection has never led to hospitalisation. We describe the first case of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occurring immediately after a Zika virus infection, during the current Zika and type 1 and 3 dengue fever co-epidemics in French Polynesia.
authors.affiliation: Internal medicine department, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oehler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Watrin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larre
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leparc-Goffart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lastere
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valour
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baudouin
authors.forename: Hp
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mallet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghawche
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D005076:Exanthema / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011114:Polynesia; D000071244:Zika Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000071243:Zika Virus Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis