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Eurosurveillance

Authors:

E Oehler, L Watrin2, P Larre, I Leparc-Goff, S Lastère4, F Valour1, L Baudouin5, H P Mallet, D Musso, F Ghawche

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.

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