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February 21, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Study Finds Vaccine Doesn't Lead to Child Bacterial Infections" New York Times (www.nytimes.com) (02/20/03) P. A21; McNeil Jr., Donald G.
British researchers conclude that bacterial infections are not more common in children who receive the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The report in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood was meant to counteract the assertion of parents groups that the inoculation overloads children's immune systems and lead to illness. Such worries have led to Britain's MMR vaccination rate falling to 85 percent and a higher rate of preventable diseases like measles. National Vaccine Information Center advisor Dr. Marcel Kinsbroune says that intestinal inflammation and autism are much bigger concerns for those who oppose so many vaccines than bacterial infections.
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