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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder characterized by neuropathy that has a mortality rate of 4% to 7% <ref name==source1> Guillain-Barre syndrome. (2020, September 17). Retrieved April 01, 2021, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793</ref>. The effects of Guillain-Barré syndrome are the most common cause of quadriparesis, muscle weakness in all four limbs, in the world (1-2 cases per 100,000 people). Before 1979, the most common cause of quadriparesis was polio, but the introduction of the vaccine eradicated polio in the US and the rest of the world besides Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. (3) In this disorder, it is believed that the immune system attacks the nerves, so symptoms relating to nerve degeneration are normally the symptoms that are first noticed. Some of the symptoms of this disorder are weakness in legs, unsteady walking, feeling achy, shooting pain, high pulse, and labored breathing. The most common first symptom is weakness and tingling in the lower extremities which later spreads to the upper body.  
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder characterized by neuropathy that has a mortality rate of 4% to 7%.<ref name==source1> Guillain-Barre syndrome. (2020, September 17). Retrieved April 01, 2021, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793</ref> The effects of Guillain-Barré syndrome are the most common cause of quadriparesis, muscle weakness in all four limbs, in the world (1-2 cases per 100,000 people). Before 1979, the most common cause of quadriparesis was polio, but the introduction of the vaccine eradicated polio in the US and the rest of the world besides Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria.<ref name==source3> In this disorder, it is believed that the immune system attacks the nerves, so symptoms relating to nerve degeneration are normally the symptoms that are first noticed. Some of the symptoms of this disorder are weakness in legs, unsteady walking, feeling achy, shooting pain, high pulse, and labored breathing. The most common first symptom is weakness and tingling in the lower extremities which later spreads to the upper body.  
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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare disorder characterized by neuropathy that has a mortality rate of 4% to 7%.[1] The effects of Guillain-Barré syndrome are the most common cause of quadriparesis, muscle weakness in all four limbs, in the world (1-2 cases per 100,000 people). Before 1979, the most common cause of quadriparesis was polio, but the introduction of the vaccine eradicated polio in the US and the rest of the world besides Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag [2]

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  1. ↑ Guillain-Barre syndrome. (2020, September 17). Retrieved April 01, 2021, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.
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Authored for BIOL 238 Microbiology, taught by Joan Slonczewski, 2021, Kenyon College.

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