Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths
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美国宾夕法尼亚州兰开斯特县一名6周大的女婴因麻疹死亡，当地验尸官已向媒体证实。该婴儿死于家中，且患有罕见的遗传病“阿米什致死性小头症”，表现为头围异常小、大脑发育不全，由SLC25A19基因突变导致。该病在宾州旧秩序阿米什人群中约每500名新生儿中出现1例，患儿通常仅存活约6个月。
A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press on Friday.
Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. "I believe it was the 18th of August," he said.
He also noted that the baby had a genetic condition called Amish lethal microcephaly, in which babies are born with unusually small heads and underdeveloped brains. The condition is caused by a mutation in the SLC25A19 gene, which codes for a protein involved with energy-producing enzymes in the mitochondria and is thought to be important for brain development. About 1 in 500 babies in the Old Order Amish population of Pennsylvania is born with the condition. Infants with the disorder only survive for about six months.
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