Measles virus genome detected up to four months in a case of congenital measles.
To determine how long the measles virus genome was detected in a patient with congenital measles, the peripheral blood mononuclear cells were tested for 203 d. The measles virus genome was detected up to 140 d.


CONCLUSIONS
The period for which the measles virus genome was detected in this patient with congenital measles was much longer than in normal children with measles.
Nakata
Y
Y
Department of Pediatrics, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan. nakatay@mail.med.upenn.edu
Nakayama
T
T
Ide
Y
Y
Kizu
R
R
Koinuma
G
G
Bamba
M
M
D005260:Female; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008457:Measles / Q000151:congenital*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors