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. 2017 Apr 20;376(16):1591-1593.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1608612. Epub 2017 Mar 29.

Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil

Wanderson K de Oliveira  1 , Eduardo H Carmo  1 , Claudio M Henriques  2 , Giovanini Coelho  1 , Enrique Vazquez  3 , Juan Cortez-Escalante  3 , Joaquin Molina  3 , Sylvain Aldighieri  4 , Marcos A Espinal  4 , Christopher Dye  5
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Zika Virus Infection and Associated Neurologic Disorders in Brazil

Wanderson K de Oliveira et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1. Suspected Cases of Zika Virus (ZIKV) Infection, Guillain–Barré Syndrome, and Microcephaly in Brazil (2015–2016).
Panel A shows the suspected cases of ZIKV infection that were reported weekly in clinics and hospitals in the five regions of Brazil during 2015 and 2016. Panel B shows the suspected cases of ZIKV infection, Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), and microcephaly in 2015 and 2016, along with the predicted cases of microcephaly in 2015 and 2016. The suspected cases of GBS are reported as excess cases — that is, the numbers of cases that surpass the average number reported each week in the years before the ZIKV epidemic (in 2010 to 2014). In 2015, the incidence of microcephaly followed the identification of ZIKV infection and GBS by an interval of 23 weeks on average. However, there was no predicted resurgence of microcephaly after the apparent seasonal increases in the incidence of ZIKV infection and GBS in 2016. Case series in Panels A and B are plotted as 3-week moving averages. Data were collected by the Ministry of Health in Brazil.
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