Estimating background rates of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Ontario in order to respond to safety concerns during pandemic H1N1/09 immunization campaign

• Main Authors: Rosella Laura (Author), Simpson Mary (Author), Lim Gillian H (Author), Deeks Shelley L (Author), Mackie Christopher O (Author), Achonu Camille (Author), Crowcroft Natasha S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The province of Ontario, Canada initiated mass immunization clinics with adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in October 2009. Due to the scale of the campaign, temporal associations with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and vacc...