High Incidence of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Children, Bangladesh
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Salim Mattar, Camilo Guzmán, Justiniano Arrazola, Ella Soto, José Barrios, Noemí Pini, Silvana Levis, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, and James N. Mills Author affi liations: Universidad de Córdoba, Montería, Colombia (S. Mattar, C. Guzmán, J. Arrazola, E. Soto, J. Barrios); Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas “Dr. Julio I Maiztegui,” Pergamino, Argentina (N. Pini, S. Levis); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (J. Salazar-Bravo); and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Mills)
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