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Emerg Infect Dis
; 23(4): 696-698, 2017 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27997330
RESUMO
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.