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Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say
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Thursday, September 11, 2025 7:27PM
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Health officials on Thursday reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.
The child, identified only as school-aged, was originally infected with measles as an infant before they were eligible to receive the measles vaccine which is routinely recommended to be administered between 12 and 15 months, the L.A. County Public Health department said in a statement.
Although they recovered from the initial measles illness, the child developed and ultimately died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE - a rare but universally fatal complication that can occur in individuals who had measles early in life, according to the agency.
SSPE is a progressive brain disorder that is a late complication of infection from the measles virus, the news release said. The complication usually develops two to 10 years after the initial measles infection after the patient seemed to fully recover. It is characterized by a gradual and worsening loss of neurological function with death occurring one to three years after the initial diagnosis. zz0.n3f5f88zqxzz
Child dies from rare measles-related complication, LA County health officials say
KABC logo
Thursday, September 11, 2025 7:27PM
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Health officials on Thursday reported the death of a Los Angeles County child from a complication of measles infection acquired during infancy.
The child, identified only as school-aged, was originally infected with measles as an infant before they were eligible to receive the measles vaccine which is routinely recommended to be administered between 12 and 15 months, the L.A. County Public Health department said in a statement.
Although they recovered from the initial measles illness, the child developed and ultimately died from subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE - a rare but universally fatal complication that can occur in individuals who had measles early in life, according to the agency.
SSPE is a progressive brain disorder that is a late complication of infection from the measles virus, the news release said. The complication usually develops two to 10 years after the initial measles infection after the patient seemed to fully recover. It is characterized by a gradual and worsening loss of neurological function with death occurring one to three years after the initial diagnosis. zz0.n3f5f88zqxzz