High incidence of guillain-barré syndrome in children, Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1317-1318

  Islam, Zhahirul ^a,b   Jacobs, Bart C ^b   Islam, Mohammad B ^a   Mohammad, Quazi D ^c   Diorditsa, Sergei ^d   Endtz, Hubert P ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEAKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 79959878743     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.101999     Document Type: Letter

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