Table 2

Clinical diagnosis of cases reported with paralysis

Clinical diagnosis
No. of Cases
Percentage of total

Guillain-barre Syndrome
62
33
Viral Neuropathy
51
26
Infantile Hemiplegia
30
14
Traumatic Neuritis
17
8
Meningitis
9
4
Encephalitis
3
1
Arthritis
3
1
Transverse Myelitis
2
1
Unknown
23
12

Total
190
100

Saeed et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:6   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-6