Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a measles complication, in an internationally adopted child

Citation
Dj. Bonthius et al., Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a measles complication, in an internationally adopted child, EM INFECT D, 6(4), 2000, pp. 377-381
Citations number
15
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
1080-6040 → ACNP
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
377 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200007/08)6:4<377:SSPAMC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
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 w ith subacute sclerosing panencephalitis and died several months later. The boy had most likely contracted wild-type measles in Thailand. Measles compl ications are a risk in international adoptions.