麻疹脑炎(measlesencephalitis)是指麻疹病程中的中枢神经系统并发症，由麻疹病毒直接侵犯中枢神经系统或感染后的免疫反应所致。儿童期多发，尤多见于2岁以内的婴幼儿。发生率一般为0.1%～0.2%。冬春季多发，其余季节也有散发。
每1000位患麻疹的儿童中仍会有一位患上脑炎。
Encephalitis still attacks one child in 1,000 who catches measles.
委员会审议了亚急性硬化性全脑炎(SSPE)的流行病学资料以及发生该病与麻疹疫苗接种有关的传闻。
The Committee reviewed the epidemiology of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and the purported relationship between measles immunization and the occurrence of SSPE.
据估计，2005年有345,000人死于麻疹，其中90%是年龄不足五岁的儿童 - 多数死于与严重腹泻、肺炎和脑炎有关的并发症。
Of the estimated 345 000 measles deaths in 2005, 90% were among children under the age of five – many dying as a result of complications related to severe diarrhoea, pneumonia and encephalitis.
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