Silent casualties from the measles outbreak in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 313-317

  Albertyn, Christine ^a   van der Plas, Helen ^a   Hardie, Diana ^b   Candy, Sally ^a   Tomoka, Tamiwe ^b   LeePan, Edward B ^a   Heckmann, Jeannine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RIBAVIRIN; VALPROIC ACID; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEASLES; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SUBACUTE MEASLES ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SEIZURES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957489511     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4616     Document Type: Article

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