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. 2017 Apr;23(4):696-698.
doi: 10.3201/eid2304.161967. Epub 2017 Apr 15.

Severe Thrombocytopenia after Zika Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2016

Timothée Boyer Chammard, Kinda Schepers, Sébastien Breurec, Thierry Messiaen, Anne-Laure Destrem, Matthieu Mahevas, Adrien Soulillou, Ludovic Janaud, Elodie Curlier, Cécile Herrmann-Storck, Bruno Hoen

Severe Thrombocytopenia after Zika Virus Infection, Guadeloupe, 2016

Timothée Boyer Chammard et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Severe thrombocytopenia during or after the course of Zika virus infection has been rarely reported. We report 7 cases of severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic signs and symptoms in Guadeloupe after infection with this virus. Clinical course and laboratory findings strongly suggest a causal link between Zika virus infection and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia.

Keywords: Guadeloupe; Zika; Zika virus; hemorrhagic signs and symptoms; infection; thrombocytopenia; viruses.

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