Case report and molecular analysis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a South African Child

E Vardas; P M Leary; J Yeats; W Badrodien; S Kreis

doi:10.1128/JCM.37.3.775-777.1999

Case report and molecular analysis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a South African Child

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Mar;37(3):775-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.3.775-777.1999.

Authors

E Vardas¹, P M Leary, J Yeats, W Badrodien, S Kreis

Affiliation

¹ National Institute for Virology and Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. vardase@mrc.ac.za

Abstract

This is the first case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis from South Africa in which the molecular characteristics of the causative measles virus were examined. The virus found is classified as genotype D3, which has not previously been found in Africa and was last circulating in the United States before 1992.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Defective Viruses / classification
Defective Viruses / genetics
Defective Viruses / isolation & purification
Female
Genotype
Humans
Incidence
Measles virus / classification
Measles virus / genetics
Measles virus / isolation & purification*
South Africa / epidemiology
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / diagnosis*
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / epidemiology
Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / virology