Open AccessIdentification of 12 Cases of Acute Measles Encephalitis Without Rash: Table 1.
Author(s) -
Saizhen Zeng,
Bing Zhang,
Yan Zhang,
LeYun Xie,
Jie Xiong,
Yu Tian,
Zhiping Xie,
HanChun Gao,
Zhaojun Duan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw611
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , rash , encephalitis , measles virus , virology , viral encephalitis , virus , dermatology , vaccination
Twelve cases of acute measles encephalitis without rash were identified from October 2011 to July 2013 in Changsha city, China; 5 were found to be genotype H1 and 2 were B3. Our data suggest that screening for measles virus is necessary in children with viral encephalitis, to eliminate the disease.
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