Zika virus and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: what do we know?

There is concern that, despite being a rare complication of the Zika virus, we could see a steady rise in the number of cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). In preparation for this, it is important that clinicians are able to appropriately identify and differentiate between Zika-associated GBS and other neurological disorders. In this podcast, Professor Antonino Uncini (University ‘G’ d’Annunzio’, Chieti, Italy) discusses Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and it’s associations with Zika virus, as well as its clinical and electrophysiological subtypes.

Read the full paper by Uncini, A., Shahrizaila, N., & Kuwabara, S. here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/88/3/266.