Influenza, Campylobacter and Mycoplasma infections, and hospital admissions for Guillain-Barré syndrome, England

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1880-1887

  Tam, Clarence C ^a,b   O'Brien, Sarah J ^c   Rodrigues, Laura C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845462466     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.051032     Document Type: Article

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