Guillain-Barré Syndrome-Related Campylobacter jejuni in Bangladesh: Ganglioside Mimicry and Cross-Reactive Antibodies

• Zhahirul Islam ,

  * E-mail: zislam@icddrb.org

  Affiliations Emerging Diseases and Immunobiology, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Michel Gilbert,

  Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Quazi D. Mohammad,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Kevin Klaij,

  Affiliation Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Jianjun Li,

  Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Wouter van Rijs,

  Affiliation Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Anne P. Tio-Gillen,

  Affiliation Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Kaisar A. Talukder,

  Affiliation Emerging Diseases and Immunobiology, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Hugh J. Willison,

  Affiliation College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Alex van Belkum,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hubert P. Endtz,

  Affiliations Emerging Diseases and Immunobiology, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Bart C. Jacobs

  Affiliation Neurology and Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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