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A role for dual viral hits in causation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 7 Nov 2005
Oldstone Michael B A, Dales Samuel, Tishon Antoinette, Lewicki Hanna, Martin Lee
Abstract excerpt
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive fatal neurodegenerative disease associated with persistent infection of the central nervous system (CNS) by measles virus (MV), biased hypermutations of the viral genome affecting primarily the matrix (M) gene with the conversion of U to C and A to G bases, high titers of antibodies to MV, and infiltration of B cells and T cells into the CNS. Neither the...
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