TY - JOUR AU - Giambrone, Gregory AU - Zansky, Shelley AU - Eidson, Millicent AU - Duncan, Pamela AU - McNutt, Louise-Anne AU - Birkhead, Guthrie T1 - Guillain-Barré Syndrome Surveillance during National Influenza Vaccination Campaign, New York, USA, 2009 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 12 SP - 1956 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) collected information about hospitalized patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during October 2009–May 2010, statewide (excluding New York City), to examine a possible relationship with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccination. NYSDOH established a Clinical Network of neurologists and 150 hospital neurology units. Hospital discharge data from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) were used to evaluate completeness of reporting from the Clinical Network. A total of 140 confirmed or probable GBS cases were identified: 81 (58%) from both systems, 10 (7%) from Clinical Network only, and 49 (35%) from SPARCS-only. Capture–recapture methods estimated that 6 cases might have been missed by both systems. Clinical Network median reporting time was 12 days versus 131 days for SPARCS. In public health emergencies in New York State, a Clinical Network may provide timely data, but in our study such data were less complete than traditional hospital discharge data. KW - Guillain-Barré syndrome KW - GBS KW - pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus KW - influenza A(H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine KW - vaccination campaign KW - viruses KW - New York KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1912.130643 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/12/13-0643_article ER - End of Reference