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Unvaccinated child with measles. what is the chance of a child dying or having severe complications from the measles?

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Happens: Case fatality rates run 1-3/1000 while significant brain damage from measles encephalitis runs 1/1000. Individual pre-illness health and underlying conditions can increase personal risk.

Answered 2/6/2014

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