Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Influenza, Campylobacter and Mycoplasma Infections, and Hospital Admissions for Guillain-Barré Syndrome, England
Clarence C. Tam*†
, Sarah J. O’Brien‡, and Laura C. Rodrigues*
, Sarah J. O’Brien‡, and Laura C. Rodrigues*
Table 1
Summary statistics for weekly number of GBS admissions and laboratory reports, England, 1993–2002*
| Condition/pathogen | Mean | SD | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile | Minimum | Maximum | 10% range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBS | 21.7 | 6.7 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 51 | 4.5 |
| Campylobacter spp. | 908.2 | 287.5 | 875 | 684 | 1,104 | 296 | 1,737 | 144.1 |
| Cytomegalovirus | 23.5 | 7.4 | 22 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 51 | 4.5 |
| Epstein-Barr virus | 9.9 | 5.9 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 3.3 |
| Haemophilus influenzae non-B | 9.2 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 3.9 |
| H. influenzae B | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | 19.6 | 14.0 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 77 | 7.6 |
| Influenza | 41.4 | 62.4 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 407 | 40.7 |
| A | 30.9 | 54.9 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 398 | 39.8 |
| B | 10.4 | 26.9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 188 | 18.8 *GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; SD, standard deviation. *GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; SD, standard deviation. |
*GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome; SD, standard deviation.
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