Connolly and his colleagues 1 provided the crucial clue that linked measles-virus infection, in some unique manner, with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Two and a half years later ...

SUBACUTE sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a disease currently considered to include cases of Dawson's inclusion-body encephalitis, Van Bogaert's subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis and the ...

Becky Archer's 10-year-old daughter Renae died from a rare neurological complication of measles almost a decade after ...

Heartbreaking story of a mother urging parents to vaccinations children after losing her daughter to a rare measles ...

Despite its rarity, NCSE is found in a wide variety of situations in childhood, some of which are described in detail below. For the sake of clarity, these conditions can be grouped in three ...

“Measles isn’t innocuous,” Beecher said. People often focus on the runny nose, cough, and rash, Beecher said, but some patients develop brain damage and a few contract a rare complication called ...

But it can lead to lifelong disabilities and even death. In rare cases, it can cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which causes the brain to swell. SSPE causes memory loss ...

Share on Pinterest Mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in the U.S. Chalffy/Getty Images Mosquitoes can carry viruses or parasites that cause a number of diseases in people. When a mosquito ...

People often focus on the runny nose, cough and rash, Beecher said, but some patients develop brain damage and a few contract a rare complication called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis that ...

The child, who has not been identified, is believed to have died in the first quarter of the year from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) - slow-progressing inflammation of the brain ...