Association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and Zika virus infection

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10038, 2016, Pages 2599-2600

  Bautista, Leonelo E ^a   Sethi, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIKA FEVER; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; MALE; VIROLOGY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84976557555     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30844-3     Document Type: Letter

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