Zika virus and Guillain-Barre Syndrome: what do we know?

Published: March 13, 2017, 5:29 p.m.

b'There is concern that, despite being a rare complication of the Zika virus, we could see a steady rise in the number of cases of Guillain-Barr\\xe9 Syndrome (GBS). In preparation for this, it is important that clinicians are able to appropriately identify and differentiate between Zika-associated GBS and other neurological disorders. In this podcast, Professor Antonino Uncini (University \\u2018G\\u2019 d\\u2019Annunzio\\u2019, Chieti, Italy) discusses Guillain-Barr\\xe9 Syndrome (GBS) and it\\u2019s associations with Zika virus, as well as its clinical and electrophysiological subtypes.\\n\\nRead the full paper by Uncini, A., Shahrizaila, N., & Kuwabara, S. here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/88/3/266.'