[Epidemiology of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Okinawa, Japan--the second report 1977-1999].
There were 16 cases (11 males and 5 females) of SSPE in Okinawa from 1977 to 1999. The incidence was 0.58 per million population per year for the last 23 years, being higher than in other reports in Japan. Six of the 16 cases contracted measles in 1990. The measles antibody of SSPE cases after 1989 became lower than previously.
Hirayasu
Kyomi
K
Okinawa Seishi Ryogoen, Naha, Okinawa.
Nakada
Yukikatsu
Y
Oshiro
Satoshi
S
Takaesu
Etsuko
E
Nakamura
Kyoko
K
Shiroma
Naohide
N
Minema
Hirotaka
H
D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D008458:Measles Vaccine