Encephalitis Caused by the Vaccine Strain of Measles Virus
Report of a case of measles inclusion-body encephalitis (MIBE) occurring in an apparently healthy 21-month-old boy 8.5 months after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination.
The capacity of measles vaccine viruses to cause severe neurological disease in immunocompetent individuals remains controversial.
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