TY - JOUR AU - Munayco, César AU - Gavilan, Ronnie AU - Ramirez, Gladys AU - Loayza, Manuel AU - Miraval, Maria AU - Whitehouse, Erin AU - Gharpure, Radhika AU - Soares, Jesus AU - Soplopuco, Hans Vasquez AU - Sejvar, James T1 - Large Outbreak of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Peru, 2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 11 SP - 2778 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Guillain-Barré syndrome KW - Campylobacter KW - Peru KW - outbreak KW - enteric infections KW - zoonoses KW - acute flaccid paralysis KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2611.200127 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-0127_article ER - End of Reference