Correspondence
- Vaccine Affect
- May 9
- 1 min read
MMR vaccination and autism
Roberts, Gwyndaf T
The Lancet, Volume 354, Issue 9182, 951
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“The available molecular evidence discounting a causal role for persistent measles infection in Crohn's disease is more than sufficient to allay the fears of parents, and it is this body of evidence that should be highlighted by the Department of Health following the example set by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, USA.”
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He mentions a report by Montgomery et al suggesting an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease among individuals who had naturally acquired measles and mumps within 1 year of each other.
Paramyxovirus infections in childhood and subsequent inflammatory bowel disease
Montgomery, Scott M. et al.
Gastroenterology, Volume 116, Issue 4, 796 - 803
