• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    7 days ago

    i read up on how it does it, they speculated its likely the measles attacked antigen-presenting dendritic cells which interacts with memory b-cells hence the “wiping out the immunity”. ALso one nasty complication in children it can cause panecephalitis in children, rarely.

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      6 days ago

      the measles attacked antigen-presenting dendritic cells which interacts with memory b-cells hence the “wiping out the immunity”

      And once this happens, a trivial cold can become deadly.