mBio (Jun 2021)

Molecular Features of the Measles Virus Viral Fusion Complex That Favor Infection and Spread in the Brain

  • Cyrille Mathieu,
  • Francesca T. Bovier,
  • Marion Ferren,
  • Nicole A. P. Lieberman,
  • Camilla Predella,
  • Alexandre Lalande,
  • Vikas Peddu,
  • Michelle J. Lin,
  • Amin Addetia,
  • Achchhe Patel,
  • Victor Outlaw,
  • Barbara Corneo,
  • N. Valerio Dorrello,
  • Thomas Briese,
  • Diana Hardie,
  • Branka Horvat,
  • Anne Moscona,
  • Alexander L. Greninger,
  • Matteo Porotto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00799-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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Measles virus (MeV) infection can cause serious complications in immunocompromised individuals, including measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE). In some cases, MeV persistence and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), another severe central nervous system (CNS) complication, develop even in the face of a systemic immune response.