宾夕法尼亚州兰开斯特县一名六周大的女婴因麻疹去世12。县验尸官斯蒂芬·迪亚蒙托尼确认该婴儿于8月18日在家中死亡2。这是该县一周内第三例麻疹相关死亡1。
该婴儿患有阿米什致命小头症，这是由SLC25A19基因突变引起的遗传疾病2。在宾州老秩序阿米什人口中，约每500名新生儿中有1人患病，患者通常仅存活约6个月2。宾夕法尼亚州已报告近400例麻疹病例，分布于28个县，其中近半数集中在南部的兰开斯特县1。大多数病例涉及18-49岁的成人1。
婴儿的死亡引发政治争议。州长乔什·沙皮罗批评卫生部长罗伯特·肯尼迪的疫苗怀疑言论加剧了疫情1，而肯尼迪则指控沙皮罗为政治目的捏造死亡数据1。
A six-week-old girl in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has died from measles, according to the county coroner 2. The infant died on August 18 at home 2 and had Amish lethal microcephaly, a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the SLC25A19 gene 2. This condition occurs in approximately 1 in 500 newborns among the Old Order Amish population in Pennsylvania, with affected infants typically surviving only about six months 2.
The death marks the third measles-related fatality in Lancaster County within a week 1. An earlier death on August 14 involved a baby whose mother had contracted measles and transmitted the infection to her child 1. Pennsylvania has now reported nearly 400 measles cases across 28 counties, with close to half concentrated in the southern Lancaster County region 1. The majority of cases have affected adults aged 18 to 49 1. The outbreak represents the highest number of measles cases in the United States in more than 30 years 1.
The deaths have sparked political controversy between Governor Josh Shapiro and Health Secretary Robert Kennedy. Shapiro has criticized Kennedy's vaccine skepticism for exacerbating the outbreak 1, while Kennedy has accused Shapiro of fabricating death data for political purposes 1. As of Monday, top U.S. health officials had not included the two deaths in official statistics 1.
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