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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-4018b3b1761b4f2ca7db3d1d983e05a52022-12-22T01:58:16ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592000-08-016437738110.3201/eid0604.000409Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted ChildDaniel J. BonthiusNicholas StanekCharles GroseA 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/4/00-0409_articlemeaslespanencephalitissubacute sclerosing panencephalitisSSPEUnited StatesThailand |
| spellingShingle | Daniel J. Bonthius Nicholas Stanek Charles Grose Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child Emerging Infectious Diseases measles panencephalitis subacute sclerosing panencephalitis SSPE United States Thailand |
| title | Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child |
| title_full | Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child |
| title_fullStr | Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child |
| title_short | Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, a Measles Complication, in an Internationally Adopted Child |
| title_sort | subacute sclerosing panencephalitis a measles complication in an internationally adopted child |
| topic | measles panencephalitis subacute sclerosing panencephalitis SSPE United States Thailand |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/4/00-0409_article |
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