Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child
A healthy 13-year-old boy who had spent the first 4.5 years of his life in an orphanage in Thailand before adoption by an American couple became ill with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and died several months later. The boy had most likely contracted wild-type measles in Thailand. Measles compl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2000-08-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/4/00-0409_article |