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Parra B, Lizarazo J, Jiménez-Arango JA, Zea-Vera AF, González-Manrique G, Vargas J, Angarita JA, Zuñiga G, Lopez-Gonzalez R, Beltran CL, Rizcala KH, Morales MT, Pacheco O, Ospina ML, Kumar A, Cornblath DR, Muñoz LS, Osorio L, Barreras P, Pardo CA. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Zika Virus Infection in Colombia. N Engl J Med 2016; 375:1513-1523. [PMID: 27705091 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1605564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been linked to the Guillain-Barré syndrome. From November 2015 through March 2016, clusters of cases of the Guillain-Barré syndrome were observed during the outbreak of ZIKV infection in Colombia. We characterized the clinical features of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in the context of this ZIKV infection outbreak and investigated their relationship with ZIKV infection. METHODS A total of 68 patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome at six Colombian hospitals were evaluated clinically, and virologic studies were completed for 42 of the patients. We performed reverse-transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction (RT-PCR) assays for ZIKV in blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine, as well as antiflavivirus antibody assays. RESULTS A total of 66 patients (97%) had symptoms compatible with ZIKV infection before the onset of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. The median period between the onset of symptoms of ZIKV infection and symptoms of the Guillain-Barré syndrome was 7 days (interquartile range, 3 to 10). Among the 68 patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome, 50% were found to have bilateral facial paralysis on examination. Among 46 patients in whom nerve-conduction studies and electromyography were performed, the results in 36 patients (78%) were consistent with the acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy subtype of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Among the 42 patients who had samples tested for ZIKV by RT-PCR, the results were positive in 17 patients (40%). Most of the positive RT-PCR results were in urine samples (in 16 of the 17 patients with positive RT-PCR results), although 3 samples of cerebrospinal fluid were also positive. In 18 of 42 patients (43%) with the Guillain-Barré syndrome who underwent laboratory testing, the presence of ZIKV infection was supported by clinical and immunologic findings. In 20 of these 42 patients (48%), the Guillain-Barré syndrome had a parainfectious onset. All patients tested were negative for dengue virus infection as assessed by RT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS The evidence of ZIKV infection documented by RT-PCR among patients with the Guillain-Barré syndrome during the outbreak of ZIKV infection in Colombia lends support to the role of the infection in the development of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. (Funded by the Bart McLean Fund for Neuroimmunology Research and others.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Beatriz Parra
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Jairo Lizarazo
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Jorge A Jiménez-Arango
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Andrés F Zea-Vera
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Guillermo González-Manrique
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - José Vargas
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Jorge A Angarita
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Gonzalo Zuñiga
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Reydmar Lopez-Gonzalez
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Cindy L Beltran
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Karen H Rizcala
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Maria T Morales
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Oscar Pacheco
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Martha L Ospina
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Anupama Kumar
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - David R Cornblath
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Laura S Muñoz
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Lyda Osorio
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Paula Barreras
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
| | - Carlos A Pardo
- From the Department of Microbiology (B.P., A.F.Z.-V.), the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario del Valle (A.F.Z.-V., G.Z.), and Escuela de Salud Publica (L.O.), Universidad del Valle, Cali, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Universidad de Pamplona, Cucuta (J.L.), Universidad de Antioquia, Clinica Leon XIII, Neuroclinica, Medellin (J.A.J.-A., R.L.-G.), Universidad Surcolombiana, Hospital Universitario de Neiva (G.G.-M., C.L.B.), and Clinica Medilaser (J.A.A.), Neiva, Clinica La Misericordia Internacional, Barranquilla (J.V., K.H.R., M.T.M.), and Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogota (O.P., M.L.O.) - all in Colombia; and the Departments of Neurology (A.K., D.R.C., L.S.M., P.B., C.A.P.) and Pathology (C.A.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore
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