Tests confirm water caused Pune GBS outbreak; toll hits 7 after 10-year-old’s death | India News – The Times of India

PUNE/CHENNAI: A 10-year-old boy who died at Chennai’s Institute of Child Health on Jan 31 was Tuesday confirmed to be Tamil Nadu’s first Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) victim, taking the number of casualties caused by the rare but treatable infection since last month to seven.Pune, which accounts for five of the GBS mortalities across the country,…

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Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak could have been checked in 4 days: Expert – The Times of India

MUMBAI: The Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak in Pune that has affected 140 people, with 18 needing ventilator support, could have been controlled in four days had adequate public health measures been adopted, but health officials let it spin out of control, says Dr T Jacob John, a leading virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College…

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Inconclusive water tests deepen GBS mystery, Pune tally rises to 130 – The Times of India

PUNE: The search for what triggered Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad yielded a loose end Thursday after water samples tested for Campylobacter jejuni, found in stool samples of at least five patients, were found free of the bacterium.As National Institute of Virology (NIV) contemplated other ways to unravel the mystery, the caseload…

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Pune CA, 41, first casualty of Guillain-Barre Syndrome outbreak; 111 cases in less than 3 weeks | India News – The Times of India

PUNE: A 41-year-old chartered accountant working in Pune was identified Monday as the first casualty of the Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) outbreak concentrated in the city, a day after the Maharashtra health department reported that a patient who died in a Solapur hospital on Jan 25 was “suspected” to have contracted the rare but treatable infection.“It’s…

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