Child Dies From Complication of Measles Contracted Years Earlier

Years After Recovering From Measles, Child Dies From Rare Complication

A school-age child has died from a rare complication of measles contracted in infancy, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday. The child, who had been too young to be vaccinated when they were infected by the virus, died of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, according to the county health department. The...

Child in L.A. County dies from rare measles complication

A child in Los Angeles County has died from a rare brain disorder linked to an earlier measles infection, according to health officials. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said the school-aged child was originally infected with measles as an infant, before they were eligible for vaccination. Although the child recovered from the initial illness, they later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a progressive and fa…

Los Angeles County child dies from complications caused by measles infection, public health officials say

Health officials say that the child developed a condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which can develop in someone who had a measles infection early in life.

L.A. child dies from complication of measles infection contracted in infancy

The child died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a fatal progressive brain disorder that strikes roughly one in 10,000 people infected with measles.

California child dies of rare measles complication years after infection

The United States has had 1,454 measles cases this year, more than at any other point since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000.

Child dies from rare measles-related complication in Los Angeles Co., officials say

Health officials reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.