Current issues in immunisation: Measles-Mumps-Rubella immunisation, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: update

Authors

  • Janaki Amin National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales
  • Melanie Wong National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Westmead, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.33

Keywords:

measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, adverse effects

Abstract

Information on several epidemiological investigations that have found no evidence for any association  between measles containing vaccine, autism and/or inflammatory bowel disease.

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Published

05/08/99

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Amin, Janaki, and Melanie Wong. 1999. “Current Issues in Immunisation: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Immunisation, Autism and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Update”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 23 (August):222. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.33.

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Vol. 23 (1999)

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