Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child

Daniel J Bonthius; Nicholas Stanek; Charles Grose

doi:10.3201/eid0604.000409

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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child

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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child

Daniel J Bonthius, Nicholas Stanek and Charles Grose

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.6(4), pp.377-381

08/2000

DOI: 10.3201/eid0604.000409

PMCID: PMC2640885

PMID: 10905971

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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 complications are a risk in international adoptions.

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Title: Subtitle: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child
Creators: Daniel J Bonthius - University of Iowa, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Nicholas Stanek
Charles Grose - University of Iowa, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.6(4), pp.377-381
DOI: 10.3201/eid0604.000409
PMID: 10905971
PMCID: PMC2640885
NLM abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis
ISSN: 1080-6040
eISSN: 1080-6059
Language: English
Date published: 08/2000
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Infectious Disease (Pediatrics)
Record Identifier: 9984093502802771

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