Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to Guillain-Barré Syndrome including Zika virus infection

Standardized protocol

22 September 2016

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Case-control study to assess potential risk factors related to Guillain-Barré Syndrome including Zika virus infection

Overview

This standardized study protocol outlines methods to guide data collection in order to evaluate exposures and risk factors for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) between patients diagnosed with GBS and controls without evidence of GBS and to quantify the strength of these associations with ZIKV infection. The data collected from this standardized protocol will help characterize demographic features or exposures associated with the development of GBS and guide the public health response.

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WHO Team

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)

Editors

World Health Organization

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