Antecedent infections in Guillain-Barre syndrome in endemic areas of arbovirus transmission: A multinational case-control study

• Main Authors: Leonhard, Sonja E., Tan, Cheng Yin, Eijk, Annemiek A., Reisin, Ricardo R., Franken, Suzanne C., Huizinga, Ruth, Arends, Samuel, Batstra, Manou R., Bezerra Jeronimo, Selma M., Drenthen, Judith, Koning, Laura, Leon Cejas, Luciana, Marchesoni, Cintia, Marques Jr, Wilson, Shahrizaila, Nortina, Casas, Dardo F., Sotelo, Andrea, Tillard, Belen, Dourado, Mario-Emilio, Jacobs, Bart C.
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34628/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Half of the world's population is at risk of arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) infections. Several arbovirus infections have been associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). We investigated whether arboviruses are driving GBS beyond epidemic phases of transmission and studied the antibody re...