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Study says no link between measles vaccine and autism
Infection Control Monitor, September 5, 2008
A new study has concluded that there is no link between the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella, also known as MMR, and autism.
The study was published September 4 in PLoS One, the online journal of the Public Library of Science. The research comes as the country experiences a surge in measles cases caused by parents who refuse to vaccinate their children against the disease.
Some parents fear the vaccine causes autism, in part because of a 1998 British study that linked the vaccine with a group of autistic children who also have serious gastrointestinal problems. Childhood vaccinations made measles a rarity in this country, but so far this year, the United States has reported 131 cases, the most in a decade. Most of the measles patients did not receive the vaccine, the CDC reported. Click here to read the study.
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