IMMUNOFLUORESCENT DETECTION OF MEASLES-VIRUS ANTIGENS IN CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID CELLS IN SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS
โ Scribed by Dayan, A.D.; Stokes, MollieI.
- Book ID
- 122041039
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 350 KB
- Volume
- 297
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a rare, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease of children, is caused by measles virus. Clinical signs occur months to several years after recovery from acute measles infection. It is not known where the virus persists while the disease is inapparent.