Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a persistent, aberrant infection of the central nervous system by the measles virus. It ...

Ten per cent suspensions of brain tissue from three patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis were inoculated intracerebrally into ferrets. These animals manifested a neurologic disease, ...

Background: To find out the role of electroencephlography in the early diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It will be a cross sectional observational study conducted at department of ...

It’s a heartbreaking story out of Los Angeles County: a school-aged child has died from a rare complication of measles known as Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE). The child had contracted ...

In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare—a few hundred cases each year, at most. But suddenly, the disease has become so entrenched in American life that it ...

Mayo Clinic researchers mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to a rare, lethal brain disease. New cases of this disease, which is a complication of ...

IN March, 1967, John H. Connolly and his colleagues 1 provided the crucial clue that linked measles-virus infection, in some unique manner, with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Two and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Ever since the measles vaccine helped eliminate measles ...

A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday. The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they ...