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Neurological complications associated with emerging viruses in Brazil
- Source :
- International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective To test the hypotheses that emerging viruses are associated with neurological hospitalizations and that statistical models can be used to predict neurological sequelae from viral infections. Methods An ecological study was carried out to observe time trends in the number of hospitalizations with inflammatory polyneuropathy and Guillain‐Barré syndrome (GBS) in the state of Rio de Janeiro from 1997 to 2017. Increases in GBS from month to month were assessed using a Farrington test. In addition, a cross‐sectional study was conducted analyzing 50 adults hospitalized for inflammatory polyneuropathies from 2015 to 2017. The extent to which Zika virus symptoms explained GBS hospitalizations was evaluated using a calibration test. Results There were significant increases (Farrington test, P<br />The introduction of novel viruses increases the incidence of inflammatory neuropathies in Brazil.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Peripheral nervous system diseases
viruses
Supplement Articles
Sentinel surveillance
Calibration test
Dengue virus
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
medicine.disease_cause
Zika virus
Polyneuropathies
03 medical and health sciences
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Guillain-Barre syndrome
biology
Zika Virus Infection
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Inflammatory polyneuropathies
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ecological study
Influenza a
Zika Virus
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Hospitalization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiological Monitoring
Human influenza
Female
Supplement Article
Guillain‐Barré syndrome
business
Brazil
Arboviruses
Public hospitals
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18793479 and 00207292
- Volume :
- 148
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ecaa5adfc5a0d9f33557776c6614ace3