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Measles can leave patients with 'immunological amnesia'

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A pediatrician shows a measles vaccine Source: AAP

Getting measles is even more dangerous than doctors had realized, because it destroys immunity that the victim has acquired to other diseases, according to two new studies published by British and American researchers Measles seems to bring the immunity system to an immature phase, like the immune system babies have.



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