Temporal association between the isolation of Sabin-related poliovirus vaccine strains and the Guillain-Barré syndrome
Thirty eight paralysis cases classified as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Brazil were analysed. In all these cases Sabin-related poliovirus vaccine strains were isolated. In most of the cases the last vaccine dose was given months or years before the onset of GBS, suggesting a persistent infection...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1996-02-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000100010 |