Zika Virus Infection as a Cause of Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Systematic Review.

Krauer, Fabienne; Riesen, Maurane; Reveiz, Ludovic; T Oladapo, Olufemi; Martínez-Vega, Ruth; V Porgo, Teegwendé; Haefliger, Anina; J Broutet, Nathalie; Low, Nicola; Zika Causality Working Group, WHO

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002203

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Zika Virus Infection as a Cause of Congenital Brain Abnormalities and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Systematic Review.

Published in PLoS medicine • Jan 1, 2017

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Authors:

Fabienne Krauer

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Maurane Riesen

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Ludovic Reveiz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) stated in March 2016 that there was scientific consensus that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was a cause of the neurological disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and of microcephaly and other congenital brain abnormalities based on rapid evidence asse...

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