Zika Virus - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Zika Virus Disease for the Neurointensivist.

Zika virus, a mosquito-borne and sexually transmitted flavivirus that is spreading throughout the Pacific and Western Hemisphere. ZIKV infection is often asymptomatic or causes a self-limiting disease with signs such as rash, fever, myalgia, arthritis, headache, or conctivitis. Rarely, ZIKV infection has been associated with diseases such as acute thrombocytopenia, microcephaly, and other developmental disorders, acute polyneuropathy/Guillain-Barr/Guillae9 syndrome, acute polyneuropathy/Guillain-Barru00e9 syndrome, acute polyneuropathy, encephalopathy, transient encephalopathy, and other abnormalities, as well as other ophthalmologic disorders,.

Source link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-016-0333-z

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