Epidemics and outbreaks of peripheral nervous system disorders: I. infectious and immune-mediated causes

Authors :: Gwendal Le Masson
Stéphane Mathis
Jean-Michel Vallat
Antoine Soulages
Service de neurologie [Bordeaux]
CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux]-Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin
Hôpital Pellegrin
Neurocentre Magendie : Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale (U1215 Inserm - UB)
Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut François Magendie-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
CHU Limoges
Admin, Oskar
Source :: Journal of Neurology, Journal of Neurology, Springer Verlag, 2021, 268 (3), pp.879-890. ⟨10.1007/s00415-020-10215-9⟩
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
Abstract: International audience; The history of mankind is marked by numerous epidemics, some of which involved diseases of the peripheral nervous system, either infectious or otherwise. We describe here the three main infectious causes of epidemics that affect the peripheral nervous system: leprosy, poliomyelitis and diphtheria. We then discuss the main epidemics of immune-mediated origin.

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