The strongest evidence yet that infection with the Zika virus can lead to the later development of Guillain-Barré syndrome has come from a new study.
Investigators conducted virologic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in 42 Colombian patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and found a positive result for Zika infection in 40%.
"This is very strong documentation of viral infection triggering Guillain-Barré syndrome," senior author, Carlos A. Pardo, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, commented to Medscape Medical News.
