Zika virus associated with sensory polyneuropathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue , 2016, Pages 271-272

  Medina, Marco T ^a,c   England, John D ^b,c   Lorenzana, Ivette ^a   Medina Montoya, Marco ^a   Alvarado, Diego ^a   De Bastos, Mario ^d   Fontiveros, Santiago ^d   Sierra, Manuel ^a   Contreras, Francis ^e  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Zika Work Group   (United States)

^d Venezuelan World Federation of Neurology (WFN) Chapter   (Venezuela)

^e Ministry of Health   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Polyneuropathy; Small fiber sensory neuropathy; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; FOOT EDEMA; HAND EDEMA; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPULAR RASH; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; COMPLICATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYNEUROPATHIES; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84983799697     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.08.044     Document Type: Letter

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