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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1999, p. 775-777, Vol. 37, No. 3
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Case Report and Molecular Analysis of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in a South African Child

Eftyhia Vardas,1,* P. M. Leary,2 Jane Yeats,3 Waseila Badrodien,2 and Stephanie Kreis1

National Institute for Virology and Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,1 and Red Cross Children's Hospital, Department of Paediatrics,2 and Department of Medical Virology,3 University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Received 14 September 1998/Returned for modification 27 October 1998/Accepted 8 December 1998

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Medical Research Council, Centre for Epidemiological Research in South Africa, P.O. Box 17120, Congella 4013, Durban, South Africa. Phone: 27 (31) 251481. Fax: 27 (31) 258840. E-mail: vardase{at}mrc.ac.za.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1999, p. 775-777, Vol. 37, No. 3
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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