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Girl fighting for life after measles complications
Published: 7 Nov 11 16:07 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20111107-38721.html
A six-year-old girl who caught measles at seven months has developed a chronic and incurable brain inflammation, it was reported Monday. German doctors are warning that not enough parents are inoculating their children.
The girl, currently fighting for her life in a hospital in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg, is the third recent case of a child developing the life-threatening encephalitis SSPE as a consequence of catching measles as a baby in Germany. Another child that caught measles in 2006 died within a year of the same condition...
Girl fighting for life after measles complications
Published: 7 Nov 11 16:07 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20111107-38721.html
A six-year-old girl who caught measles at seven months has developed a chronic and incurable brain inflammation, it was reported Monday. German doctors are warning that not enough parents are inoculating their children.
The girl, currently fighting for her life in a hospital in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg, is the third recent case of a child developing the life-threatening encephalitis SSPE as a consequence of catching measles as a baby in Germany. Another child that caught measles in 2006 died within a year of the same condition...