Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in papua new guinean children: the cost of continuing inadequate measles vaccine coverage.

• Main Authors: Laurens Manning (Author), Moses Laman (Author), Henry Edoni (Author), Ivo Mueller (Author), Harin A Karunajeewa (Author), David Smith (Author), Ilomo Hwaiwhanje (Author), Peter M Siba (Author), Timothy M E Davis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Introduction</h4>subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a late, rare and usually fatal complication of measles infection. Although a very high incidence of SSPE in Papua New Guinea (PNG) was first recognized 20 years ago, estimated measles vaccine coverage has remained at ≤ 70...