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Volume 22, Number 8—August 2016
Research

Time Lags between Exanthematous Illness Attributed to Zika Virus, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, and Microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil

Igor A.D. Paploski1, Ana Paula P.B. Prates1, Cristiane W. Cardoso, Mariana Kikuti, Monaise M. O. Silva, Lance A. Waller, Mitermayer G. Reis, Uriel Kitron1, and Guilherme S. Ribeiro1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil (I.A.D. Paploski, M. Kikuti, M.M.O. Silva, M.G. Reis, U. Kitron, G.S. Ribeiro); Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (I.A.D. Paploski, M. Kikuti, M.G. Reis, G.S. Ribeiro); Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Salvador, Salvador (A.P.P.B. Prates, C.W. Cardoso); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.A. Waller, U. Kitron)

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Figure 2

Cross-correlation of acute exanthematous illness with A) Guillain-Barré syndrome and B) microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil, 2015–2016, for a 5-week moving average. Dotted horizontal lines indicate 95% tolerance intervals for a null model of no association. Negative correlations observed at early lag periods are a function of large numbers of acute exanthematous illness cases that occurred early in the study period when there were no suspected cases of microcephaly.

Figure 2. Cross-correlation of acute exanthematous illness with A) Guillain-Barré syndrome and B) suspected microcephaly, Salvador, Brazil, 2015–2016, for a 5-week moving average. Dotted horizontal lines indicate 95% tolerance intervals for a null model of no association. Negative correlations observed at early lag periods are a function of large numbers of acute exanthematous illness cases that occurred early in the study period when there were no suspected cases of microcephaly.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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