Zika Virus-Associated Aseptic Meningitis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Traveler Returning from Latin America: a Case Report and Mini-Review

Julie Korol Wright; Lucas Castellani; Christian Lecce; Aisha Khatib; Mark Bonta; Andrea K Boggild

doi:10.1007/s11908-019-0661-1

Zika Virus-Associated Aseptic Meningitis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Traveler Returning from Latin America: a Case Report and Mini-Review

Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Feb 15;21(1):3. doi: 10.1007/s11908-019-0661-1.

Authors

Julie Korol Wright¹, Lucas Castellani², Christian Lecce³, Aisha Khatib³, Mark Bonta¹, Andrea K Boggild^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Canada.
³ Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, 13EN-218, Canada.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. [email protected].
⁵ Tropical Disease Unit, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, 13EN-218, Canada. [email protected].
⁶ Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Toronto, Canada. [email protected].

PMID: 30767073
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-019-0661-1

Abstract

ZIKV-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome presents with an accelerated clinical course compared to classic post-infectious Guillain-Barré syndrome. Clinicians should anticipate and screen patients with ZIKV infection for neurologic complications bearing in mind that these may manifest during the acute viremic phase or during early convalescence.

Keywords: Emerging infectious diseases; Flaviviruses; Guillain–Barre syndrome; Vector-borne infections; Zika virus.

Publication types

Review