Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cádiz, Cádiz 11009 (Spain).
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Cádiz, Cádiz 11009 (Spain).
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2019 Mar 1;366(5). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz035.
Zika virus (Zikv) infection implies a significant public health issue due to the different syndromes associated. It is related to several central nervous system problems, such as microcephaly and Guillain-Barre Syndrome. In this way, the first document about the relation of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Zika indexed in Web of Science was published in 2014. Therefore, the primary goal of the present study is to analyze the leading scientific producers, the relative specialization of the countries and the collaboration network in the research area. A total of 384 manuscripts were identified. Two manuscripts were published in 2014 and 2015; the remaining documents are distributed during 2016 (136), 2017 (186) and 2018 (59) (until April). In conclusion, Zikv and Guillain-Barre Syndrome research has experienced a significant increase in the last years. This may be related to the topic is an important issue of public health concern in the countries affected by Zikv outbreaks. In that sense, Brazil, India and Colombia make a great effort, considering their economic and social resources, in research. However, this study implies a preliminary overview of the research on this topic, a more extended period is needed to define the lines of research and collaboration between countries and authors.
寨卡病毒（Zikv）感染由于相关的不同综合征而成为一个重大的公共卫生问题。它与几种中枢神经系统问题有关，例如小头畸形和格林-巴利综合征。因此，2014 年在 Web of Science 上发表了第一篇关于格林-巴利综合征与寨卡病毒关系的索引文件。因此，本研究的主要目的是分析研究领域的主要科学生产者、国家的相对专业化以及合作网络。共确定了 384 篇论文。其中两篇论文分别发表于 2014 年和 2015 年，其余的文献分布在 2016 年（136 篇）、2017 年（186 篇）和 2018 年（59 篇）（截至 4 月）。总之，寨卡病毒和格林-巴利综合征的研究在过去几年中经历了显著的增长。这可能与该主题是受寨卡病毒爆发影响的国家关注的公共卫生重要问题有关。从这个意义上说，巴西、印度和哥伦比亚在研究方面投入了大量的精力，考虑到他们的经济和社会资源。然而，本研究只是对该主题研究的初步概述，需要更长的时间来确定国家和作者之间的研究和合作路线。
