SSPE
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The child had been infected as an infant when they were too young to be vaccinated, and years later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, a fatal disease that targets the brain.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Of the cases reported following the measles resurgence that ended in 1991, one in every 609 children under the age of 12 months at the time they contracted measles eventually came down with SSPE.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025
There can also be long-term complications from measles, such as SSPE, which stands for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
And a complication known as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, may emerge from dormancy years later.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2019
In SSPE, a defective measles virus “hides out” in the brain, then suddenly re-emerges in adolescence.
From Time • Feb. 7, 2015
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