Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Influenza, Campylobacter and Mycoplasma Infections, and Hospital Admissions for Guillain-Barré Syndrome, England
, Sarah J. O’Brien‡, and Laura C. Rodrigues*
Table 2
Poisson regression of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) admissions against infection reports, England, 1993–2002: clusters of lags significant at 0.05 level*†
| Pathogen | All ages | <35 y | 35–64 y | >65 y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campylobacter | – | 3,4,5 | – | – |
| Influenza | 0,1 | – | R1,0,1,2 | R1,0,1 |
| A | 0,1 | – | – | R1,0,1 |
| B | – | – | – | – |
| Mycoplasma pneumoniae | – | R4,R3;R1,0 | – | – |
| Haemophilus influenzae non-B | – | – | – | – |
| H. influenzae B | – | – | – | – |
| Cytomegalovirus | – | – | – | – |
| Epstein-Barr virus | – | – | – | – *Regression models are adjusted for yearly trend, seasonal pattern (up to 6th harmonic) and public holidays. *Regression models are adjusted for yearly trend, seasonal pattern (up to 6th harmonic) and public holidays. |
*Regression models are adjusted for yearly trend, seasonal pattern (up to 6th harmonic) and public holidays.
†Numbers indicate the lag number in weeks; lag numbers preceded by R represent lags of n weeks following the week of admission for GBS. Lags in boldface are significant at the 0.01 level of precision.