Large Outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Peru, 2019

Outbreaks of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are uncommon. In May 2019, national surveillance in Peru detected an increase in GBS cases in excess of the expected incidence of 1.2 cases/100,000 population. Several clinical and epidemiologic findings call into question the suggested association between...

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Autores principales: Munayco, César V., Gavilan, Ronnie G., Ramirez, Gladys, Loayza, Manuel, Miraval, Maria L., Whitehouse, Erin, Gharpure, Radhika, Soares, Jesus, Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez, Sejvar, James
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33079047
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.200127
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author Munayco, César V.
Gavilan, Ronnie G.
Ramirez, Gladys
Loayza, Manuel
Miraval, Maria L.
Whitehouse, Erin
Gharpure, Radhika
Soares, Jesus
Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez
Sejvar, James
author_facet Munayco, César V.
Gavilan, Ronnie G.
Ramirez, Gladys
Loayza, Manuel
Miraval, Maria L.
Whitehouse, Erin
Gharpure, Radhika
Soares, Jesus
Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez
Sejvar, James
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description Outbreaks of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are uncommon. In May 2019, national surveillance in Peru detected an increase in GBS cases in excess of the expected incidence of 1.2 cases/100,000 population. Several clinical and epidemiologic findings call into question the suggested association between this GBS outbreak and Campylobacter.
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spelling pubmed-75885312020-11-01 Large Outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Peru, 2019 Munayco, César V. Gavilan, Ronnie G. Ramirez, Gladys Loayza, Manuel Miraval, Maria L. Whitehouse, Erin Gharpure, Radhika Soares, Jesus Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez Sejvar, James Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Outbreaks of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are uncommon. In May 2019, national surveillance in Peru detected an increase in GBS cases in excess of the expected incidence of 1.2 cases/100,000 population. Several clinical and epidemiologic findings call into question the suggested association between this GBS outbreak and Campylobacter. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7588531/ /pubmed/33079047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.200127 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Munayco, César V.
Gavilan, Ronnie G.
Ramirez, Gladys
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Miraval, Maria L.
Whitehouse, Erin
Gharpure, Radhika
Soares, Jesus
Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez
Sejvar, James
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588531/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.200127
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