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[Epidemiology of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in Okinawa, Japan, 1970-1996]
K Hirayasu1, Y Nakada, E Takaesu
1Okinawa Seishi Ryogoen.
No to Hattatsu = Brain and Development
|February 20, 1999
Abstract:
In Okinawa, there were ten cases (7 male and 3 female) of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) from 1970 to 1996. All cases had a history of measles and none had received measles vaccination. The incidence of SSPE in Okinawa was 0.31 per million in 1970-1996. Being higher than other districts in Japan. Two cases contracted measles in 1973 and other three in 1990, showing a tendency to cluster.