Posted on 08/31/2016 6:48:20 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
In seven countries that recently experienced Zika outbreaks, there were also sharp increases in the numbers of people suffering from a form of temporary paralysis, researchers reported Wednesday.
The analysis, published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, adds to substantial evidence that Zika infections — even asymptomatic ones — may bring on a paralysis called Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The syndrome can be caused by a number of other factors, including infection with other viruses. Researchers studying the Zika epidemic in French Polynesia had estimated that roughly 1 in 4,000 people infected with the virus could develop the syndrome.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that the Zika virus is “strongly associated” with Guillain-Barré, but has stopped short of declaring it a cause of the condition.
The new data suggest a telling pattern: Each country in the study saw unusual increases in Guillain-Barré that coincided with peaks in Zika infections, the researchers concluded.
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In Venezuela, officials expected roughly 70 cases of Guillain-Barré from December 2015 to the end of March 2016, as mosquitoes were spreading the virus. Instead, there were 684 cases.
Similarly, during five months in which the Zika virus was circulating in Colombia, officials recorded 320 cases of Guillain-Barré when there should have been about 100. From September 2015 to March 2016, while Zika infections peaked in El Salvador, cases of Guillain-Barré doubled to 184 from 92.
The researchers included patients with both suspected and confirmed Zika infections, as reported by national health officials.
Dr. Kenneth C. Gorson, professor of neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine, who was not involved with the new analysis, called it compelling.
“This is a substantial public health burden for countries that may not have well-developed health systems in place,” he said. “They have to have enough ventilators and I.C.U. beds.” About one-third of patients with Guillain-Barré require breathing assistance, he said.
Over all, Dr. Espinal and his authors found increases in Guillain-Barré that were two to 10 times what would normally be expected. Roughly 500 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean are at risk for Zika virus infection, so even modest increases in the incidence of Guillain-Barré are worrisome.
Study Finds Increase in Temporary Paralysis Accompanied Zika Outbreaks ( Guillain-Barré)
"In Venezuela, officials expected roughly 70 cases of Guillain-Barré from December 2015 to the end of March 2016,
as mosquitoes were spreading the virus. Instead, there were 684 cases."
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Can we believe anything that they say when they have hyped this virus from the start? It means big money released into the world to combat it, big money that can be syphoned into leftist pockets if it runs par for the course.
Also, is this thing associated in some way with the polio virus?
Unfortunately, the Zika Virus studies cost money
At the outset, O'Bungler wanted a fresh influx of money for Zika without touching other funds already ascribed to Ebola.
Therefore it became a political and financial football.
The CDC and NHS didn't want to use dedicated funds already set aside for Ebola, even though they hadn't yet been spent.
Congress was unwilling to authorize new funds
O'Bungler just sems to want to run up the national debt
So, O'Bungler and Congress just keep playing political football, even into today. And yes, I am sure that much is being siphoned off by cronies and big pharma.
Fortunately, studies of Zika are continuing forward and much is learned each day.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is associated with other viruses. The question is whether Zika is really more likely to cause Guillain-Barré than other viruses.
I do not think a clear relationship has been established for how viruses cause Guillain-Barré. I strongly suspect that it is due to similarities between viral proteins and nervous system proteins, similarities which can induce an autoimmune syndrome.
I agree that there is no causal relationship between Zkia and the incidence of Guillain-Barré ( temporary paralysis)
The mere fact that "In Venezuela, officials expected roughly 70 cases of Guillain-Barré from December 2015 to the end of March 2016,
as mosquitoes were spreading the virus. Instead, there were 684 cases."
How else can one explain this statistical anomolly of almost 700% increase of Guillain-Barré coinciding with Zika infestation ? (nutrition, chemicals, insecticides, water) ?
That is why the scientists are continuing to investigate,
I just heard on the radio news that monies for investigating Zika have been depleated; most unfortunate at this time when so much more should be learned.
I would blame it on the fact that no one has been exposed to Zika before, and the immune system overreacts as a result.
I heard the flu shot can activate Guillain-Barré.
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