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Three people who had contracted measles died in recent months. The latest is a 17-year-old girl who had been hospitalized at Bordeaux University Hospital (Aquitaine). She died as a result of neurological complications. In his case, as in that of all patients with measles, doctors could only treat the symptoms. " There is no curative treatment against the measles virus.The only treatment that exists is a preventive treatment, which is constituted by vaccination ", says Dr. Matthieu Mechain of the Cell watch , alert and sanitary management of Ars (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Some people can not be vaccinated, like the girl who died in Bordeaux. This is particularly the case for those whose immune system is weakened, such as infants under one year of age and pregnant women. For those who can, vaccination is the only way to protect yourself. " It is also important that a sufficiently large proportion of the population be vaccinated for the virus can no longer circulate ," said Professor Odile Launay Puybbadet.
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