title: Guillain-Barré syndrome in the US Army.
abstract: Using the US Army's operational reporting system, the medical records of soldiers with Guillain-Barré syndrome were retrieved and compared with reported incidence figures from the 1976 national influenza immunization program. Military personnel sustained an incidence of disease approximatley 50% higher than unvaccinated civilians but less than 25% of the rate attributed to civilian vaccinees.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D044469:Racial Groups; D014481:United States; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines