during a period of 7 years (1997-2003) we were received pairs of serum and csf of 27 suspicious clinically cases from neurology department of several hospitals in tehran. among them 7 were serologically positive for progressive rubella panencephalitis (prpe) and 2 were positive for sub acute sclerosing panencephalitis (sspe). rubella virus was isolated from 4 of 7 serologically positive cases o...