India, Feb. 8 -- Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officials instructed by Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology (ICMR-NIV) experts to send samples of Gastroenteritis patients identified during surveillance of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)-affected areas are facing resistance during sample collection from individuals suffering from diarrhoea.

The PMC began its door-to-door survey of GBS-affected areas on January 22 and covered as many as 45,574 people as part of its survey. During the survey, as many as 168 Gastroenteritis patients were identified in GBS-affected areas such as Sinhagad Road, Nande Village, Kirkitwadi, Dhayari and DSK Vishwa among others. ICMR-NIV experts on January 31 instructed PMC officials t...