Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism

Letters3 September 2019Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and AutismAnders Hviid, DrMedSci, Jørgen Vinsløv Hansen, PhD, Morten Frisch, DrMedSci, and Mads Melbye, DrMedSciAnders Hviid, DrMedSciStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.H., J.V.H., M.F., M.M.), Jørgen Vinsløv Hansen, PhDStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.H., J.V.H., M.F., M.M.), Morten Frisch, DrMedSciStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.H., J.V.H., M.F., M.M.), and Mads Melbye, DrMedSciStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.H., J.V.H., M.F., M.M.)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0383 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Mawson suggests that we should have compared the risk for autism between fully vaccinated and completely unvaccinated groups of children or between children who only received the MMR vaccine and their completely unvaccinated counterparts. Figure 3 of our article does compare the risk for autism in MMR-vaccinated and MMR-unvaccinated children among the subset of children who did not receive the DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccine in infancy, resulting in a hazard ratio of autism of 1.09 (95% CI, 0.77 to 1.56). Comparing children who received both 2 or more DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccines in infancy and the MMR vaccine with children who ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (A.H., J.V.H., M.F., M.M.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M18-2101. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoMeasles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism Anders Hviid , Jørgen Vinsløv Hansen , Morten Frisch , and Mads Melbye Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism Jake Crosby Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism Anthony R. Mawson Metrics Cited byComprehensive investigations revealed consistent pathophysiological alterations after vaccination with COVID-19 vaccinesReversible regression in early childhoodThe VACCINES Act: Deciphering Vaccine Hesitancy in the Time of COVID-19Culturally diverse families of young children with ASD in Sweden: Parental explanatory modelsSeroprevalence of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella antibodies among Southwestern Libyan students.Vaccination 3 September 2019Volume 171, Issue 5Page: 388KeywordsAutismChildrenDisclosureHazard ratioMMR vaccineStatistical methodsSurvival analysisVaccines ePublished: 3 September 2019 Issue Published: 3 September 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...