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?
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 heard the flu shot can activate Guillain-Barré.