Mackenzie D J, Kipps A, McDonald R
S Afr Med J. 1975 Nov 22;49(50):2083-6.
A first attempt to gather the available information on subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in Southern Africa has produced records of 79 cases which have occurred since 1955. An important feature of the epidemiology is the clustering of 48 cases in the 5-year period 1970-1974. Thirty of these patients were resident in the Cape Province, and most of them were from the Coloured community. An SSPE registry will be maintained at the MRC Virus Research Unit of the University of Cape Town and an appeal is made to all practitioners to contribute any relevant data on patients with this disease.
首次尝试收集关于南非亚急性硬化性全脑炎(SSPE)的现有信息,得到了自1955年以来发生的79例病例记录。该流行病学的一个重要特征是在1970年至1974年这5年期间有48例病例聚集。其中30名患者居住在开普省,且大多数来自有色人种社区。开普敦大学医学研究理事会病毒研究单位将设立一个SSPE登记处,并呼吁所有从业者提供有关该病患者的任何相关数据。