Measles makes the patient as fragile as a newborn

 Monday November 4, 2019.

Measles is a serious and highly contagious disease caused by a virus. According to researchers, it would cause " immune amnesia And weaken the sick.

 

Measles causes " immune amnesia "

The information just released by the magazine Science Immunology Thursday, October 30, may convince anti-vaccines to get vaccinated or to vaccinate their children against measles. According to Velislava Petrova, the main author of the article, " Powerful immune system activation through measles creates lifelong immunity with regard to this disease but, at the same time, deep immunosuppression »Reports The world.

Clearly, measles, by attacking the immune system, makes the patient as fragile as a newborn. Researchers say measles eliminates " between 11% and 73% of protective antibodies in children "Explain our colleagues from 20 minutes. This phenomenon has been called " immune amnesia By the researchers.

 

Measles killed almost 90,000 people in 2016

As a reminder, measles is a serious and highly contagious disease, caused by a virus. It is one of the leading causes of death for young children. " It is estimated that 89,780 people, most of them children under the age of 5, died from measles in 2016 "Says WHO. In the majority of cases, these deaths are due to complications of the disease (encephalitis, severe diarrhea, respiratory infections, etc.).

According to the WHO, vaccination campaigns have dramatically reduced the number of deaths from measles. " Between 2000 and 2016, it is estimated that Measles vaccination prevented 20.4 million deaths, making this vaccine the best investment in public health ". To date, no specific treatment for measles has been developed.

 Perrine Deurot-Bien

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