• Eurosurveillance · Jan 2014

    Case Reports

    Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barre syndrome--case report, French Polynesia, December 2013.

    • E Oehler, L Watrin, P Larre, I Leparc-Goffart, S Lastere, F Valour, L Baudouin, Hp Mallet, D Musso, and F Ghawche.
    • Internal medicine department, French Polynesia Hospital Center, Pirae, Tahiti, French Polynesia.
    • Eurosurveillance. 2014 Jan 1; 19 (9).

    AbstractZika 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.

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