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Vaccine
Safety > Issues of Interest > Autism
Vaccines
and Autism Theory
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At
a glance:
The weight of currently available scientific
evidence does not support the hypothesis
that vaccines cause autism. We recognize
there is considerable public interest in
this issue, and therefore support additional
research regarding this hypothesis. CDC
is committed to maintaining the safest,
most effective vaccine supply in history. |
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Jump to descriptions
and links for these topics:
| MMR
vaccine and autism Fact Sheet |
Key messages,
facts, and
additional sources of information on MMR
vaccine and autism |
FAQs
on
theory of
MMR vaccine
and autism |
Frequently
Asked Questions on the hypothesis of
MMR
and Autism answering the following
questions:
- What
is autism?
- Does
MMR vaccine cause autism?
- What
have studies found?
- Are
there studies that suggesting a connection?
- What
about claim that autism numbers have
been increasing ever since MMR vaccine
in use?
- Would
it be safer to separate the MMR vaccine
into its individual components?
- Should
a younger sibling of an autistic child,
or a child of someone who has autism
be vaccinated with MMR or other vaccines?
- Should
we delay vaccination until we know
more about the negative effects of
vaccines?
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| CDC
research on vaccines and autism |
Key
Messages and answers to questions about
CDC research into possible links between
thimerosal in childhood vaccines and
neurodevelopmental disorders such as
autism |
| IOM
reports NEW! |
Review
the most recent and past IOM reports
on the theory of the possible link between
the use of the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
(MMR) vaccine and autism including:
- Primary
conclusions of IOM reports
- Recommendations
of IOM reports
- Links
to actual IOM reports
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| CDC's
autism site |
General
information about autism and CDC's autism
research:
- Definition
of autism
- Causes
of autism
- Sources
for further information
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References |
References on
autism, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD),
and the study of autism and vaccines.
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 Top
Top
- The
MMR Decision Aid: Are you considering MMR
vaccination for your child?
Clarify what is important to you in making
a decision about MMR vaccination.
http://www.ncirs.usyd.edu.au/decisionaid/index.html
- News
release from American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP): Guidance
to pediatricians on recognizing the early
symptoms of autism and recommendations on
continuing immunizations. (7 May 2001)
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/archives/mayautism.htm
- United
Kingdom's response to MMR:
Rejects any suggestion by Dr. Wakefield that
combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
vaccines were licensed prematurely.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/mmrresponse.htm
- Pediatric
Annals update on vaccine safety: Measles-Mumps-Rubella
Vaccine and Autism: The Rise (and Fall?)
of a Hypothesis.
By J.L. Kastner and B.G. Gellin. Pediatric
Annals 30:7/July 2001.
- WHO
statement on the use of MMR vaccine:
other scientists have not been able to reproduce
the results claimed by Dr Wakefield and his
team regarding measles virus
http://www.who.int/vaccines-diseases/mmrautism.shtml
- Medical
Research Council Media Release:
No New Evidence of a Link Between MMR
and Autism
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index/public-interest/public-press_office/public-press_releases_2001/public-05_march_2001.htm
- NIH,
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development: Is
there any scientific evidence that proves
a linkage between autism and vaccines?
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/autism2.htm
- CDC,
Division of Birth Defects,
Child Development, and Disability and Health: Autism
in Children
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm
- Key
messages, facts, and additional sources
of information: Fact
Sheet on Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Measles
Vaccine
- Answers
to the following Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(IBD) questions:
- What
is IBD and what causes IBD?
- What
about studies suggesting association
between measles vaccine and IBD?
- Is there
scientific evidence to show there is
no association between measles vaccine
and IBD?
- In
response to an article by Geier and Geier
that has received media attention, the American
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
recently issued a paper, "Study Fails
to Demonstrate a Connection Between Thimerosal
and Autism."
AAP
Paper Rebuts Article...
(112K)
(Spring 2003)
AAP
article (version
for screen-reader devices only)
(10K)
- Letter
from the Director of the National Immunization
Program (NIP), Walter Orenstein to the Chief
Medical Officer in the United Kingdom (U.K.),
Sir Liam Donaldson. Letter reaffirms our
scientific and medical support for the safety
and use of combined MMR vaccine.
Letter (20K)
(Feb. 19, 2002)
Letter
(version
for screen-reader devices only)
(8K)
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