Investigation of a Guillain-Barré syndrome cluster in the Republic of Fiji

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• 作者：Daniel M. Pastula ; MD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; Aalisha Sahu Khan ; MBBS^d ; Tyler M. Sharp ; PhD^b ; Viema L. Biaukula ; MBBS^e ; Taina K. Naivalu ; MS^d ; Eric Rafai ; MID MPH^d ; Ermias Belay ; MD^f ; J. Erin Staples ; MD PhD^b ; Marc Fischer ; MD^b ; Olga I. Kosoy ; MS^b ; Janeen J. Laven ; BS^b ; Elizabeth J. Bennett ; MBBS DTMH^g ; Adam W.J. Jenney ; MBBS PhD^g ; Ravi Narayan Naidu ; MMED^g ; Robert S. Lanciotti ; PhD^b ; Renee L. Galloway ; MPH^f ; Eric J. Nilles ; MD^e ; James J. Sejvar ; MD^f ; ^zea3@cdc.gov ; Mike Kama ; MBBS^d
• 关键词：Guillain-Barré ; syndrome ; Epidemiology ; Case-control study ; Fiji ; Dengue virus ; Zika virus
• 刊名：Journal of the Neurological Sciences
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：372
• 期：Complete
• 页码：350-355
• 全文大小：350 K
• 卷排序：372

文摘

Arboviruses are increasingly recognized as associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome. A cluster of GBS in Fiji was temporally associated with a large dengue outbreak. Epidemiologic data identified an unusual increase in GBS cases. No specific pathogen or antigenic trigger for the GBS cases was identified.