A measles infection can cripple a child's immunity against viruses and bacteria for the long-term, leaving them more vulnerable to future infections.
It’s an article of faith for many who refuse to have their children vaccinated against childhood diseases: When healthy children get and recover from an infection naturally, their immune systems come out stronger.
For some, the damage appeared to be even more extensive. In two of 19 measles-infected children tested, the machinery that supplies the immune system with new disease-targeting cells was profoundly disrupted,“The measles virus is like a car accident for your immune system,” said Harvard University geneticist, one of the paper’s co-authors. An unvaccinated child who weathers the measles may emerge only slightly the worse from such a crash.
The research sheds new light on the biological basis for a mysterious phenomenon long recognized by doctors. After children recover from the measles’ hallmark rash and fevers, they are highly unlikely to fall ill with it again. But for two to three years following infection, patients remain unusually vulnerable to catching or developing other infections, from viruses like the common cold and influenza to potentially deadly bacterial infections that can cause pneumonia or swelling in the brain.
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