Capture-recapture estimation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) cases in Germany from 2003 to 2009.

abbreviations: ESPED - Surveillance Unit for Rare Paediatric Diseases in Germany, ViroWue - Institute of Virology and Immunobiology at the University of Würzburg, CI – confidence interval.aCases 9 and 10 of table 1 (captured by ESPED in 2004, samples tested by ViroWue in 2002) were included.bChildren with missing information on year of measles infection were excluded.cGerman children and/or children born in Germany. Children with missing information on nationality and/or country of birth or infection were excluded.