A MAN suspected to have contracted Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has died in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, while the number of cases of the immunological nerve disorder in Pune has crossed 100, health officials said on Monday. This is possibly the first death in Maharashtra suspected to have been caused by GBS. The 40-year-old man, a native of Solapur, had come to Pune, where he is suspected to have contracted the disease, according to officials. “The patient, suffering from symptoms like breathlessness, weakness in lower limbs, and diarrhoea, was admitted to a private hospital (in Solapur) on January 18 as he was on ventilator support on and off. He died on Sunday,” Solapur Government Medical College Dean Dr Sanjiv Thakur said. Following his death, the case was referred to the Solapur government hospital. “A primary report has indicated that he had contracted GBS,” the official said.