Cardiovascular complications in patients with Zika virus-induced Guillain-Barr é syndrome

Zika virus (ZV) predominantly causes mild symptoms like fever, rash, headache, conjunctivitis, joint and muscle pain. However, severe features including Guillain-Barr é syndrome (GBS), meningoencephalitis, myelitis, thrombocytopenic purpura, and microcephaly in the new-born were recorded, explaining why this mosquito-borne disease has rapidly become a challenging public health concern [1]. The first case of ZV infection in Martinique, French West Indies, was dia gnosed in December 2015. In December 2016, over 37,000 suspected cases were reported including thirty GBS cases, two newborns with microcephaly from 519 pregnant women tested positive and one fatality in a 76-year-old man [2].
Source: Journal of Clinical Virology - Category: Virology Authors: Tags: Letter to the editor Source Type: research