Chikungunya, a Risk Factor for Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 3;70(6):1233-1235. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz625.

Abstract

In a matched case-control study where 24 cases developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the 2014 chikungunya outbreak in the French West Indies and 72 controls were blood donors during the same period, chikungunya infection was a risk factor for GBS (odds ratio, 8.3; 95% confidence interval, 2.3-29.7; P = .001).

Keywords: Guillain-Barré syndrome; case-control study; chikungunya infection; chikungunya virus.

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Chikungunya Fever* / complications
  • Chikungunya Fever* / epidemiology
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Risk Factors
  • Zika Virus Infection*