New studies show getting measles is more dangerous than we thought, because it destroys any immunity victims have developed to other diseases.
Researchers say that measles work to reset the human immune system to a state similar to that of a baby, meaning measles sufferers are less able to fight off new infections.
The phenomenon is referred to by researchers as ‘immunological amnesia’, and describes the way measles force immune systems to forget how to respond to infections encountered before.