title: Case report and molecular analysis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a South African Child.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vardas
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Leary
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yeats
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Badrodien
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kreis
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003673:Defective Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008459:Measles virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology