Síndrome de Guillain-Barré e outras manifestações neurológicas possivelmente relacionadas à infecção pelo vírus Zika em municípios da Bahia, 2015

Juliane Maria Alves Siqueira Malta, Alexander Vargas, Priscila Leal e Leite, Jadher Percio, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Andréa Helena Argolo Ferraro, Tânia Maria de Oliveira Cordeiro, Jesângeli de Sousa Dias, Eduardo Saad, Juliane Maria Alves Siqueira Malta, Alexander Vargas, Priscila Leal e Leite, Jadher Percio, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Andréa Helena Argolo Ferraro, Tânia Maria de Oliveira Cordeiro, Jesângeli de Sousa Dias, Eduardo Saad

to describe the reported cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and other neurological manifestations with a history of dengue, chikungunya or Zika virus infections, in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador and in the municipality of Feira de Santana, Brazil. this is a descriptive study with data of an investigation conducted by the epidemiological surveillance from March to August 2015; to confirm the neurological manifestations, medical diagnosis records were considered, and to prior infection, clinical and laboratory criteria were used. 138 individuals were investigated, 57 reported infectious process up to 31 days before neurological symptoms - 30 possibly due to Zika, 13 to dengue, 8 to chikungunya and 6 were inconclusive -; GBS was the most frequent neurological condition (n=46), with predominance of male sex (n=32) and the median age was 44. most cases reported a clinical picture consistent with acute Zika virus disease, which preceded the occurrence of neurological symptoms.