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No Link Between MMR Jab and Autism Spectrum Disorders
February 04, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Child Health News
MMR has been linked to the development of autism, following the publication in 1998 of research on 12 children, which has since been discredited.
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders ranges from 6 to 12 cases per 1000 children, depending on how the diagnostic criteria are applied.
The findings are based on a community sample of almost 250 children aged between 10 and 12, born from a population of 57 000, born between 1990 and 1991 in one area of Southern England.
The sample comprised 98 children who had an autism spectrum disorder, and two comparison groups: 52 children with special educational needs, but no evidence of autism spectrum disorders, and 90 children who were developing normally.
Some of the children with autism had experienced a set-back or regression early in their development.
All the children had been vaccinated against MMR, but not all of them had been given both doses.
Blood samples were taken, to check for the presence of persistent measles infection, or an abnormal immune response, indicated by circulating measles virus or increased antibody levels.
Results of the blood sample analysis showed that there was no difference in circulating measles virus or antibody levels between the two groups of children.
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One child in 100 in the UK has now been diagnosed with autism. It is high time parents were told what causes autism, not what doesn't. Arrogant government propaganda like this only makes people more distrustful.