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Infection with measles virus is known to leave victims with a weakened. The measles virus is among the most contagious human pathogens. Expert Reaction Measles Weakens Your Immune System For Years Scimex Two studies published yesterday in Science and Science Immunology illustrate how the measles virus causes long-term damage to the immune system creating a form of. . In addition to the disease brought on by the virus itself measles can induce a kind of immune amnesia leaving the body more vulnerable to infections its encountered. In experimentally infected non-human primates. Immunological amnesia Researchers then tested this immunological amnesia directly in ferrets showing that infection with a measles-like virus reduced the level of flu. This research demonstrated that the measles virus attacks T lymphocytes the cells that build up immune memory against other diseases creating a state of immune. Measles is highly infectious that leads t...