Zika Virus Infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Three Patients from Suriname.

We present three patients from Suriname who were diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in this country. One patient had a positive ZIKV urine real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) result. The other two patients had a negative ZIKV urine qRT-PCR but a positive virus neutralization test and presence of IgG antibodies against ZIKV in the serum.

[Prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus, Type 1 and 2 in blood donors and patients with sexually transmissible diseases in Surinam].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infection in the population of Surinam in order to enhance the safety of blood transfusion in Surinam.

Design: Descriptive.

Setting: Academic Hospital, Paramaribo, Surinam.