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Lynn Love

Toddler who died after contracting herpes 'didn't have immune system' to fight

The heartbroken parents of a little boy who tragically died after contracting herpes have said he 'didn't have an immune system' to fight the illness.

Three-year-old Raffy Holliday, who was undergoing treatment for Leukemia, passed away after suffering inflammation of the brain caused by the human herpesvirus 6B (HHV-6B) in March.

His devastated parents are now campaigning to increase testing for the virus in hospitals following his death at Great Ormond Street, London, reports the Mirror.

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