Article
[SSPE virus and pathogenesis].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Aug 2007
Hotta Hak, Jiang Da-Peng, Nagano-Fujii Motoko
Abstract excerpt
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is caused by particular mutants of measles virus, which are often referred to as SSPE virus. SSPE virus is characterized by (i) the inability to produce infectious viral particles, (ii) the neuropathogenicity in animal models as well as in humans, and (iii) the prolonged persistence in vivo over many years. The viral genome exhibits particular mutations, called biased...
Topics
- Animals
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Measles Vaccine
- Mutation
- SSPE Virus
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
- Viral Matrix Proteins
