Increasing incidence of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in infants: a collateral effect of under-vaccination

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Jun;26(6):662-664. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.02.014. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Division of General Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, University Hospitals of Geneva & University of Geneva's Faculty of Medicine, 6 Rue Willy Donzé, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Division of General Paediatrics, Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, University Hospitals of Geneva & University of Geneva's Faculty of Medicine, 6 Rue Willy Donzé, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Children; Complications; Encephalitis; Herd immunity; Infant; Measles; SSPE; Vaccination; Vaccine; Vaccine hesitancy.

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