Measles can 'infiltrate children's brains' and kill them, scientists warn
They fear rates of a lethal brain disease will rise due to plummeting vaccination rates
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They fear rates of a lethal brain disease will rise due to plummeting vaccination rates
Mayo Clinic researchers mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to a rare, lethal brain disease. New cases of this disease, which is a complication of the measles virus, may occur as measles reemerges among the unvaccinated, say researchers.
Research aims to decipher how particular mutations contribute to the measles virus's propagation within the brain.
Mayo Clinic researchers mapped how the measles virus mutated and spread in the brain of a person who succumbed to a rare, lethal brain disease.