MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal association

Farrington, C. Paddy; Miller, Elizabeth and Taylor, Brent (2001). MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal association. Vaccine, 19(27) pp. 3632–3635.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00097-4

Abstract

The hypothesis that MMR vaccines cause autism was first raised by reports of cases in which developmental regression occurred soon after MMR vaccination. A previous study found no evidence to support this hypothesis. It has recently been suggested that MMR vaccine might cause autism, but that the induction interval need not be short. The data from the earlier study were reanalysed to test this second hypothesis. Our results do not support this hypothesis, and provide further evidence against a causal association between MMR vaccination and autism.

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• Item ORO ID
• 22678
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0264-410X
• Keywords
• autism; MMR; adverse events
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.
• Depositing User
• Sarah Frain