Guillain-Barré syndrome during ongoing zika virus transmission — Puerto Rico, January 1–July 31, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 910-914

  Dirlikov, Emilio ^a,b   Major, Chelsea G ^b,c   Mayshack, Marrielle ^a,b   Medina, Nicole ^c   Matos, Desiree ^c   Ryff, Kyle R ^a   Torres Aponte, Jomil ^a   Alkis, Rebecca ^d   Munoz Jordan, Jorge ^c   Colon Sanchez, Candimar ^c   Salinas, Jorge L ^b   Pastula, Daniel M ^c,e   Garcia, Myriam ^f,g   Segarra, Marangely Olivero ^f,g   Malave, Graciela ^f,g   Thomas, Dana L ^b   Rodríguez Vega, Gloria M ^h   Luciano, Carlos A ⁱ   Sejvar, James ^c   Sharp, Tyler M ^c   Rivera Garcia, Brenda ^a   more..

^a Office of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response   (Puerto Rico)

^g Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^h University of Puerto Rico ^*  (Puerto Rico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84985956929     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6534e1     Document Type: Article

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