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Pennsylvania has now reported a fourth death connected to measles.
The latest was an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County, in the center of the state, who died from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles.
The Mifflin County coroner's office disclosed the death in a Facebook post. In plain terms, it is a severe inflammatory response that spreads through the nervous system.
Measles is among the infections known to trigger it. The coroner's office described the complication as rare and severe.
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