PETALING JAYA: Many parents are underestimating the severity of complications from measles when they refuse vaccination for their children, said a consultant paediatrician.
Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin said measles could cause severe lung infection (pneumonia) and brain inflammation (encephalitis), adding that up to one death per 1,000 cases have been reported.
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