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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Synopsis

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis after Measles Outbreaks, the Philippines, 2007–2022

Maela P. PalisocComments to Author , Maridel S. Ramones, and Roland Dominic G. Jamora
Author affiliation: National Children’s Hospital, Quezon City, the Philippines (M.P. Palisoc, M.S. Ramones); College of Medicine, San Beda University, Manila, the Philippines (M.P. Palisoc); College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila (R.D.G. Jamora)

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Hospital admissions for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in study of SSPE after measles outbreaks, Philippines, 2007–2022. A) SSPE admissions by year (blue); B) the same cases by estimated year of measles infection (maroon). Ivory bands mark periods of reported nationwide measles outbreaks (2010–2011, 2013, 2018–2019). For 1 patient, no recorded age at measles infection was available; that patient is not represented in panel B.

Figure. Hospital admissions for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in study of SSPE after measles outbreaks, Philippines, 2007–2022. A) SSPE admissions by year (blue); B) the same cases by estimated year of measles infection (maroon). Ivory bands mark periods of reported nationwide measles outbreaks (2010–2011, 2013, 2018–2019). For 1 patient, no recorded age at measles infection was available; that patient is not represented in panel B.

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