Potential role of dengue virus, chikungunya virus and Zika virus in neurological diseases

This study showed that laboratory markers of recent infection by dengue, Zika or chikungunya arboviruses were detected in the biological samples of approximately one-third of patients with encephalitis, myelitis, encephalomyelitis or Guillain-Barré syndrome, in a surveillance programme in Piauí state, Brazil, between 2015-2016. Fever and myalgia had been associated with these cases. Since in non-tropical countries most infections or parainfectious diseases associated with the nervous system are attributed to herpesviruses, enteroviruses, and Campylobacter jejuni, the present findings indicate that in tropical countries, arboviruses may now play a more important role and reinforce the need for their surveillance and systematic investigation in the tropics.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Vieira,Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva, Costa,Carlos Henrique Nery, Linhares,Alexandre da Costa, Borba,Amariles de Sousa, Henriques,Daniele Freitas, Silva,Eliana Vieira Pinto da, Tavares,Fernando Neto, Batista,Francisca Miriane de Araújo, Guimarães,Herlon Clístenes Lima, Martins,Lívia Carício, Monteiro,Talita Antônia Furtado, Cruz,Ana Cecília Ribeiro, Azevedo,Raimunda do Socorro da Silva, Vasconcelos,Pedro Fernando da Costa
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018001100401
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