From: An epidemiological analysis of acute flaccid paralysis and its surveillance system in Iraq, 1997-2011
Cause
Number (%)
Guillain-Barré syndrome
2611 (52.5)
Traumatic neuritis
715 (14.4)
Meningitis/Encephalitis
292 (5.9)
Poliomyelitis
166 (3.3)
Myopathy
89 (1.8)
Hypokalemia
74 (1.5)
Unknown
568 (11.4)
Others
459 (9.4)
Total
4974 (100)