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

Authors
Vardas, E Leary, PM Yeats, J Badrodien, W Kreis, S
Citation
E. Vardas et al., Case report and molecular analysis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a South African child, J CLIN MICR, 37(3), 1999, pp. 775-777
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
775 - 777
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(199903)37:3<775:CRAMAO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This is the first case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis from South Af rica 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 Stat es before 1992.