Diagnosis of neurological disorders and the Zika virus epidemic in Colombia 2014 -2016

摘要

FiguresFigure 1Number of new cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, Zika virus infections and neurological disorders in a population database of Colombia, 2014-2016.Highlights?Diagnoses of neurological disorders were obtained from a database of 6.5 million inhabitants.?The number of cases of Guillain–Barré syndrome increased four-fold in March 2016.?During the same period, there was no increase in the number of other neurological disorders.Keywords: Zika virus, Guillain–Barré syndrome, Pharmacoepidemiology, Colombia (MeSH)