A Los Angeles County child has died due to complications from a measles infection, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health .

They say that the "school-aged" child acquired measles in infancy, before they were old enough to receive the vaccine, which is generally administered between 12 and 15 months of age.

Though the child recovered from their initial illness, they later developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which is also known as SSPE. Officials said that the complication is universally fatal and can occur in people who had measles early in life.

SSPE is a rare, progressive brain disorder that can develop two to 10 years after a person's initial measles infection, even if the patient has seemingly fully recovered, officials said. It is characterized

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