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Vaccine-Associated Measles Encephalitis in Immunocompromised Child, California, USA. Emerging infectious diseases Costales, C., Sahoo, M. K., Huang, C., Guimaraes, C. V., Born, D., Kushner, L., Gans, H. A., Doan, T. A., Pinsky, B. A. 2022; 28 (4): 906-908
Abstract
We report a fatal case of vaccine-associated measles encephalitis in an immunocompromised child in California, USA. The infection was confirmed by whole-genome RNA sequencing of measles virus from brain tissue. We observed biased matrix-gene hypermutation consistent with persistent measles virus central nervous system infection.
View details for DOI 10.3201/eid2804.212357
View details for PubMedID 35318930