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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 6 : 590
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "INCIDENCE OF GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME FOLLOWING INFECTION WITH CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI"

Eugene D. Weinberg

Department of Biology and Program in Medical Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-6801

In their well-controlled study of Campylobacter jejuni-induced Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), McCarthy and Giesecke (1Go) examined a Swedish cohort of 29,567 individuals with laboratory-confirmed C. jejuni infection. The authors noted that of 6,293 persons below age 20 years, no cases of GBS were found. Among 20,856 adults aged 20–59 years, the rate of GBS was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Noel McCarthy and Johan Giesecke

Department of Public Health Medicine, Oxfordshire Health Authority, Headington OX3 7LG, United Kingdom
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden


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Am. J. Epidemiol., September 15, 2001; 154(6): 590 - 590.
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