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    Hat-tip Tonka. Given the location, I have to wonder whether this is caused by Zika virus infection and not sporadic/clustered GBS cases.

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    The Guillain-Barr? syndrome affects 40 people in Tahiti
    by Webmaster
    Posted on 22/02/2014 | 10:21 p.m., updated 23/02/2014 | 0:50
    Forty cases of Guillain-Barr? syndrome have been reported since December in Tahiti.

    The Guillain-Barr? syndrome affects 40 people in Tahiti

    L'expansion this disease so far very uncommon in Polynesia is probably secondary to the epidemic of dengue and zika recent months. Many patients are left partially paralyzed or resuscitation. One person died of dengue in November. Extensive rehabilitation to regain their motor functions awaits those affected by Guillain-Barr? syndrome, a disease that affects the nervous system.
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