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References for The Science of the News: Vaccines Part 1

These are the sources for my video "The Science of the News: Vaccines and Autism".

1998 Paper Connecting Vaccines and Autism:
"Ileal-Lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children"; Wakefield, A.J. et. al.; 28FEB1998; The Lancet; Vol 351; p. 637-641; doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0

1998 BBC Report:
"Child vaccine linked to autism"

The Independent report
"Doctors link autism to MMR vaccination"

Denmark MMR-Autism Link Study:
"A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism"; Madsen, K.M. Hviid, A. Vestergaard, M. Schendel, D. Wohlfahrt, J. Thorsen, P. Olsen, J. Melbye, M.; New England Journal of Medicine; vol. 348; 11/07/2002; 1477-1482

Scientific Reports in Direct Response to the 1998 Paper:
"Association of Autistic Spectrum Disorder and the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine"; Kumanan Wilson, MD, MSc, FRCP(C); Ed Mills, DPH; Cory Ross, MSc, DPH, CHE; Jessie McGowan BMus, MLIS; Alex Jadad MD, DPhil, FRCP(C); American Medical Association; 2003

DeWilde, S., Carey, IM., Richards, N., Hilton, SR., Cook, DG.  Do children who become autistic consult more often after MMR vaccination?  British Journal of General Practice.  2001 Mar;51(464):226-7.

MMR and autism: further evidence against a causal association.  Farrington CP1, Miller E, Taylor B. 2001

Wakefields Measles Patent:
A replacement for the MMR vaccine.  A "safer" alternative.

DeStefano, F., Chen, RT.  Autism and measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine: No epidemiological evidence for a causal association.  The Journal of Pediatrics.  2000 Jan;136(1):125.

Brian Deer's Journalistic Reports:
Collection can be found here.
Documentary can be found here.

Inability to Reproduce Results:
The report by the Health Protection Agency and the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control which could not reproduce Wakefields results can be found here.

80.9% Vaccination Rate:
From the NHS ImmunisationStatisticsEngland 2012-13 Report.

Cedillo v. HHS
The Trial Report can be found here.
The transcripts of the trial can be found here.

U.K. Government Review on the 1998 Paper:
BBC Report found here.

Retraction of the 1998 Paper:
Formal Retraction found here.

Medical License Revoked:
The U.K.'s General Medical Council (GMC)

Autism Speaks Comes Out on the Link:

Further Scientific Papers Refuting the Vaccine-Autism Link:
"Lack of Association between Measles Virus Vaccine and Autism with Enteropathy: A Case-Control Study"; Mady Hornig , Thomas Briese, Timothy Buie, Margaret L. Bauman, Gregory Lauwers, Ulrike Siemetzki, Kimberly Hummel, Paul A. Rota, William J. Bellini, John J. O'Leary, Orla Sheils, Errol Alden, Larry Pickering, W. Ian Lipkin; Published: September 4, 2008; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003140 Featured in PLOS Collections

Afzal, MA., Ozoemena, LC., O’Hare, A., Kidger, KA., Bentley, ML., Minor, PD. Absence of detectable measles virus genome sequence in blood of autistic children who have had their MMR vaccination during the routine childhood immunization schedule of UK.   Journal Medical Virology.  2006 May;78(5):623-30.

Chen, W., Landau, S., Sham, P., & Fombonne, E. (2004).  No evidence for links between autism, MMR and measles virus.  Psychological Medicine, 34(3), 543-553.

Christie, B.  Scottish expert group finds no link between MMR and autism.  British Medical Journal,  2002. May 11;324(7346):1118.

Clements, CJ., McIntyre, PB.  When science is not enough – a risk/benefit profile of thiomersal-containing vaccines.   Expert Drug Opinion Safety.  2006. Jan;5(1):17-29.  

Dales, L., Hammer, S. J., & Smith, N. J. (2001). Time trends in autism and in MMR immunization coverage in California.   JAMA, 285(9), 1183-1185.

De Los Reyes, EC.  Autism and immunizations: separating fact from fiction.  JAMA Neurology.   2010;67(4):490-492. doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.57.

DeWilde, S., Carey, IM., Richards, N., Hilton, SR., Cook, DG.  Do children who become autistic consult more often after MMR vaccination?  British Journal of General Practice.  2001 Mar;51(464):226-7.

Demicheli, V., Jefferson, T., Rivetti, A., & Price, D. (2005).  Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 4. (a review of 31 studies)

DeStefano, F.  MMR vaccine and autism: a review of the evidence for a causal association.   Molecular Psychiatry.  2002

DeStefano, F., Bhasin, T. K., Thompson, W. W., Yeargin-Allsopp, M., & Boyle, C. (2004).  Age at first measles-mumps-rubella vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects: a population-based study in metropolitan Atlanta.  Pediatrics, 113(2), 259-266.

DeStefano F., Price CS., Weintraub, ES.  Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with risk of autism.   Journal of Pediatrics.  2013 Aug;163(2):561-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Mar 30.

DeStefano F., Thompson, WW.  MMR vaccine and autism: an update of the scientific evidence. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2004 Feb;3(1):19-22.

DeStefano F., Thompson, WW.  MMR vaccination and autism: is there a link?  Expert Opinion on Drug Safety.  2002 Jul;1(2):115-20.

DeStefano, F.  Chen, RT.  Negative association between MMR and autism.  Lancet. 1999 Jun 12;353(9169):1987-8.

DeStefano, F., Chen, RT.  Autism and measles-mumps-rubella vaccination:  controversy laid to rest?  CNS Drugs.  2001. 2001;15(11):831-7.

D’Souza J., Todd T.  Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and the development of autism or inflammatory bowel disease: the controversy should end.  Journal of Pedatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics.   2003 Jul;8(3):187-99. doi: 10.5863/1551-6776-8.3.187.

D’Souza, Y., Fombonne, E., Ward, BJ.  No evidence of persisting measles virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from children with autism spectrum disorder.  Pediatrics.  2006 Oct;118(4):1664-75.

Doja, A., & Roberts, W. (2006).  Immunizations and autism: A review of the literature.  The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 33(4), 341-346.

Elliman, D., Bedford, H.   MMR: where are we now?  Archives of Disease in Childhood.   2007 Dec;92(12):1055-7. Epub 2007 Jul 11.

Papers Explaining the Impact of the Anti-Vaccination Movement:
"The Effects of Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Vaccination Intentions"; Daniel Jolley , Karen M. Douglas; Published: February 20, 2014; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089177
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