Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome – case report, French Polynesia, December 2013

E Oehler; L Watrin; P Larre; I Leparc-Goffart; S Lastère; F Valour; L Baudouin; H P Mallet; D Musso; F Ghawche

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.9.20720

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Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome – case report, French Polynesia, December 2013
E Oehler¹ , L Watrin² , P Larre² , I Leparc-Goffart³ , S Lastère⁴ , F Valour¹ , L Baudouin⁵ , H P Mallet⁶ , D Musso⁷ , F Ghawche²
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Affiliations: ¹ Internal medicine department, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia ² Neurology department, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia ³ Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, National Reference Laboratory for arboviruses, Marseille, France ⁴ Laboratory of virology, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia ⁵ Intensive care unit, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia ⁶ Bureau de veille sanitaire – Direction de la Santé, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia ⁷ Louis Mallardé Institute, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

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Citation style for this article: Oehler E, Watrin L, Larre P, Leparc-Goffart I, Lastère S, Valour F, Baudouin L, Mallet H P, Musso D, Ghawche F. Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barré syndrome – case report, French Polynesia, December 2013. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(9):pii=20720. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.9.20720 Received: 07 Feb 2014

Abstract

Zika fever, considered as an emerging disease of arboviral origin, because of its expanding geographic area, is known as a benign infection usually presenting as an influenza-like illness with cutaneous rash. So far, Zika virus infection has never led to hospitalisation. We describe the first case of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occurring immediately after a Zika virus infection, during the current Zika and type 1 and 3 dengue fever co-epidemics in French Polynesia. .