Background-From October 2013 to April 2014, French Polynesia experienced the largest Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak ever described at that time. During the same period, an increase in GuillainBarré syndrome (GBS) was reported, suggesting a possible association between ZIKV and GBS.

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