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- Title
Postmortem Findings in Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Zika Virus Infection.
- Authors
Dirlikov, Emilio; Torres, José V.; Martines, Roosecelis Brasil; Reagan-Steiner, Sarah; Pérez, George Venero; Rivera, Aidsa; Major, Chelsea; Matos, Desiree; Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge; Wun-Ju Shieh; Zaki, Sherif R.; Sharp, Tyler M.; Shieh, Wun-Ju
- Abstract
Postmortem examination results of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome and confirmed Zika virus infection revealed demyelination of the sciatic and cranial IV nerves, providing evidence of the acute demyelinating inflammatory polyneuropathy Guillain-Barré syndrome variant. Lack of evidence of Zika virus in nervous tissue suggests that pathophysiology was antibody mediated without neurotropism.
- Subjects
GUILLAIN-Barre syndrome; ZIKA virus infections; AUTOPSY; DEMYELINATION; ZIKA virus; PATHOLOGICAL physiology
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 1, p114
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2401.171331