Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Research Letter
Large Outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Peru, 2019
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Figure. Cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome classified by Brighton Collaboration criteria (5) and date of illness onset, Peru, May–July 2019.
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