Title
Large outbreak of Guillain-Barré syndrome, Peru, 2019
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Whitehouse E.
Gharpure R.
Soares J.
Soplopuco H.V.
Sejvar J.
Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Prevención y Control de Enfermedades
Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Prevención y Control de Enfermedades
Centro Nacional de Epidemiología Prevención y Control de Enfermedades
Publisher(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
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.
Start page
2778
End page
2780
Volume
26
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85094219979
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus