A short history of the long and productive search  for the cause of <i>subacute sclerosing panencephalitis</i>

Michael Katz

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2/2009
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A short history of the long and productive search for the cause of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Michael Katz

Folia Neuropathol 2009; 47 (2): 145-148

Online publish date: 2009/06/26

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This brief historical review recounts the efforts of the discovery of the cause of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis from its initial pathological descriptions, through the identification of measles virus as its pathogen, to the current conceptual framework of its pathogenesis. It is presented as an example of what was once considered an “unconventional” infection, but is now the subject of speculation according to the modern principles of molecular biology.

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A short history of the long and productive search for the cause of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Michael Katz

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, Gajdusek, SSPE, measles virus