MEASLES VIRAL LOAD MAY REFLECT SSPE DISEASE PROGRESSION

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Virol J. 2006 Jun 21;3:49.

MEASLES VIRAL LOAD MAY REFLECT SSPE DISEASE PROGRESSION

Kühne Simmonds M1, Brown DW, Jin L.

Abstract below; full text is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526435/#__ffn_sectitle

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, slowly progressive neurological disorder caused by the persistent infection with measles virus (MV). Despite much research into SSPE, its pathology remains obscure. We examined autopsy tissues of eight SSPE patients by real time quantitative PCR, immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting to determine viral load. MV N, M and H gene RNA could be detected in the central nervous system (CNS) of all patients and in two non-CNS tissues of one patient. The viral burden between patients differed up to four-fold by quantitative PCR and corresponded with detection of MV protein. The level of both viral RNA and antigen in the brain may correlate with disease progression.

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