We present a case of complete deficiency of the interferon alpha/beta receptor alpha chain (IFNAR1) in a child with fatal systemic hyperinflammation, apparently provoked by live-attenuated viral vaccination. Such pathologic hyperinflammation, fulfilling criteria for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, is an emerging phenotype accompanying inborn errors of type I interferon immunity.
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