Isolation of Rubella Virus from Patients with Progressive Rubella Pan-Encephalitis

During a period of ۷ years (۱۹۹۷-۲۰۰۳) we were received pairs of serum and CSF of ۲۷ suspicious clinically cases from neurology department of several hospitals in Tehran. Among them ۷ were serologically positive for progressive rubella panencephalitis (PRPE) and ۲ were positive for sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). Rubella virus was isolated from ۴ of ۷ serologically positive cases of PRPE using three different cell culture systems.

کلیدواژه ها:

rublla ، progressive ، panencephalitis ، interference