Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outbreak in Peru 2019 Associated With Campylobacter jejuni Infection.
Ana Pilar RamosSonja E LeonhardSusan K HalsteadMireya A CubaCarlos C CastañedaJose A DiosesMartin A TipismanaJesus T AbantoAlejandro LlanosDawn GourlayMax GroglMariana RamosJesus D RojasRina MezaDaniela PuiuRachel M ShermanSteven L SalzbergPatricia J SimnerHugh J WillisonBart C JacobsDavid R CornblathHugo F UmeresCarlos A PardoPublished in: Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation (2021)
Our study indicates that the 2019 Peruvian GBS outbreak was associated with C jejuni infection and that the C jejuni strains linked to GBS circulate widely in different parts of the world.