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. 2023 Jan 1;42(1):82-84.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003744. Epub 2022 Oct 12.

A Re-emergence of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in the United Kingdom

Helen Campbell  1 , Jamie Lopez Bernal  1 , Antoaneta Bukasa  1 , Nick Andrews  1 , Elaine Baker  2 , Polly Maunder  2 , Anne Marie Winstone  2 , Mary Ramsay  1 , Christopher Verity  2 , Kevin Brown  1
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A Re-emergence of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in the United Kingdom

Helen Campbell et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .

Abstract

New pediatric and adult subacute sclerosing panencephalitis cases between 1996 and 2020 were reported based on an established UK registry with no evidence of under-ascertainment using a separate pediatric surveillance system. After 15 years with no pediatric UK-acquired cases, 3 cases arose from 2017 after increased measles. Modeling suggested this was in line with measles notifications, underreporting of laboratory-confirmed measles or increased subacute sclerosing panencephalitis risk.

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