Association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and Zika virus infection

Association between Guillain-Barré syndrome and Zika virus infection

We commend Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau and colleagues (April 9, p 1531) for their recent work. However, several elements in their study design raise concern. In epidemiological terms, sampling of all incident Guillain-Barré cases in French Polynesia in a specific time period, as done by Cao-Lormeau and coll...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2016-06, Vol.387 (10038), p.2599-2599
Hauptverfasser: Avelino-Silva, Vivian I, Martin, Jeffrey N
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Female
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - epidemiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - virology
Humans
Infections
Internal Medicine
Male
Socioeconomic factors
Vector-borne diseases
Viral infections
Viruses
Zika virus
Zika Virus Infection - complications
Zika Virus Infection - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:We commend Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau and colleagues (April 9, p 1531) for their recent work. However, several elements in their study design raise concern. In epidemiological terms, sampling of all incident Guillain-Barré cases in French Polynesia in a specific time period, as done by Cao-Lormeau and colleagues, constitutes sampling from a primary study base.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30843-1