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Measles infection wipes our immune system’s memory leaving us vulnerable to other diseases

by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Scientists have shown how measles causes long-term damage to the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to other infections. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Amsterdam and their collaborators revealed that the measles virus deletes part of the immune system’s memory, removing previously existing immunity to other infections, in...