Augmented Zika and Dengue Neutralizing Antibodies Are Associated With Guillain-Barré Syndrome

J Infect Dis. 2019 Jan 1;219(1):26-30. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiy466.

Abstract

The role of neutralizing antibodies in Zika-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has not yet been investigated. We conducted a case-control study using sera from the 2016 Zika epidemic in Colombia to determine the neutralizing antibody activity against Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV2). We observed increased neutralizing antibody titers against DENV2 in ZIKV-infected individuals compared with uninfected controls and higher titers to both ZIKV and DENV2 in ZIKV-infected patients diagnosed with GBS compared with non-GBS ZIKV-infected controls. These data suggest that high neutralizing antibody titers to DENV and to ZIKV are associated with GBS during ZIKV infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing / blood*
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Dengue / blood*
  • Dengue / complications
  • Dengue / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / blood*
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / complications
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / virology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Zika Virus / isolation & purification
  • Zika Virus Infection / blood*
  • Zika Virus Infection / complications
  • Zika Virus Infection / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral