Measles virus and the nervous system

Diane E Griffin

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00027-4

Measles virus and the nervous system

Handb Clin Neurol. 2014:123:577-90. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00027-4.

Author

Diane E Griffin¹

Affiliation

¹ W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: dgriffin@jhsph.edu.

PMID: 25015505
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00027-4

No abstract available

Keywords: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; demyelination; immune compromised host; inclusion body encephalitis; measles virus; persistent infection; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

MeSH terms

Humans
Measles / complications*
Measles virus / pathogenicity*
Nervous System / pathology*
Nervous System / virology*
Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Nervous System Diseases / virology