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The New England Journal of Medicine

Authors:

Guillaume Carteaux, M.D., Ph.D., Marianne Maquart, Ph.D., Alexandre Bedet, M.D., Damien Contou, M.D., Pierre Brugières, M.D., Slim Fourati, M.D., Ph.D., Laurent Cleret de Langavant, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas de Broucker, M.D., Christian Brun-Buisson, M.D., Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Ph.D., Armand Mekontso Dessap, M.D., Ph.D.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is currently spreading widely, while its clinical spectrum remains a matter of investigation. Evidence of a relationship between ZIKV infection and cerebral birth abnormalities1,2 is growing.3 An increased incidence of some peripheral nervous syndromes among adults was reported during outbreaks in French Polynesia4,5 and Brazil,1,2 but no formal link with ZIKV infection was shown. We describe a case of central nervous system infection with ZIKV that was associated with meningoencephalitis in an adult.

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