Chikungunya, a Risk Factor for Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Abstract In a matched case-control study where 24 cases developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the 2014 chikungunya outbreak in the French West Indies and 72 controls were blood donors during the same period, chikungunya infection was a risk factor for GBS (odds ratio, 8.3; 95% confidence in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2020-03, Vol.70 (6), p.1233-1235
Hauptverfasser:	Stegmann-Planchard, Sophie, Gallian, Pierre, Tressières, Benoit, Leparc-Goffart, Isabelle, Lannuzel, Annie, Signaté, Aissatou, Laouénan, Cédric, Cabié, André, Hoen, Bruno
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case-Control Studies Chikungunya Fever - complications Chikungunya Fever - epidemiology Emerging diseases Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology Guillain-Barre Syndrome - etiology Human health and pathology Humans Infectious diseases Life Sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Risk Factors Virology Zika Virus Infection
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract In a matched case-control study where 24 cases developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the 2014 chikungunya outbreak in the French West Indies and 72 controls were blood donors during the same period, chikungunya infection was a risk factor for GBS (odds ratio, 8.3; 95% confidence interval, 2.3–29.7; P = .001).
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/ciz625