Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2017)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161967
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 4
pp. 696 – 698

Abstract

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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.

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