Abstract
Measles virus infection is a common infectious disease of childhood, incidence of
which is still high in developing countries. Other than the morbidity associated with
the acute systemic infection, the measles virus can cause serious fatal neural complications.
It can either enter the brain leading to acute encephalitis like primary measles encephalitis
and acute post infectious measles encephalomyelitis or it may persist in brain cells
(as mutated virus) leading to long-term neurodegenerative diseases like measles inclusion
body encephalitis and subacute sclerosing pan encephalitis. The patho-clinical features,
treatment, and the outcomes of these complications are different and should be identified
in time for early diagnosis and management.
Keywords
measles virus - primary measles encephalitis - acute post infectious measles encephalomyelitis
- measles inclusion body encephalitis - subacute sclerosing pan encephalitis
