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Large Outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Peru, 2019

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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.… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: large outbreak; outbreak guillain; guillain barr; syndrome peru; barr syndrome

Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2020

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