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"The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate. "

Pubmed Data : Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 ;2:CD004407. Epub 2012 Feb 15. PMID: 22336803
Article Published Date : Dec 31, 2011
Study Type : Meta Analysis
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Mumps : CK(41) : AC(1), Rubella : CK(54) : AC(4)
Additional Keywords : lack of evidence supporting vaccines, Vaccine Safety : CK(21) : AC(2)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR) : CK(228) : AC(26)

"A history of prior vaccination is not always associated with immunity nor with the presence of specific antibodies."

Pubmed Data : Clin Invest Med. 1988 Aug ;11(4):304-9. PMID: 3168353
Article Published Date : Jul 31, 1988
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Antibody Theory Of Vaccinology : CK(35) : AC(5), Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

A 1993 outbreak of measles in a highly immunised Australian population.

Pubmed Data : Aust J Public Health. 1994 Sep ;18(3):249-52. PMID: 7841251
Article Published Date : Aug 31, 1994
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

A major measles epidemic occured in 1989 in the region of Quebec despite a 99% vaccine coverage.

Pubmed Data : Can J Public Health. 1991 May-Jun;82(3):189-90. PMID: 1884314
Article Published Date : Apr 30, 1991
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

A measles outbreak at a college with a prematriculation immunization requirement.

Pubmed Data : Am J Public Health. 1991 Mar ;81(3):360-4. PMID: 1994745
Article Published Date : Feb 28, 1991
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

A measles outbreak in Montana in 1985 indicates vaccine failure.

Pubmed Data : Am J Epidemiol. 1987 Sep ;126(3):438-49. PMID: 3618578
Article Published Date : Aug 31, 1987
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

Despite a high coverage with measles vaccines in parts of west Africa, epidemics of measles occur with reduced severity in an increasing proportion of older children who have been vaccinated.

Pubmed Data : Lancet. 1999 Jan 9 ;353(9147):98-102. PMID: 10023894
Article Published Date : Jan 08, 1999
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

Even though 95% of the children had measles antibodies after vaccination, vaccine efficacy was not more than 68%.

Pubmed Data : J Infect Dis. 1990 Nov ;162(5):1043-8. PMID: 2230232
Article Published Date : Oct 31, 1990
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Vaccine-induced Toxicity : CK(1130) : AC(163)
Additional Keywords : Antibody Theory Of Vaccinology : CK(35) : AC(5), Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

High titre measles vaccination increases female mortality in those receiving immunization in West Africa.

Pubmed Data : Int J Epidemiol. 1996 Jun;25(3):665-73. PMID: 8671571
Article Published Date : Jun 01, 1996
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Vaccine-induced Toxicity : CK(1130) : AC(163)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

High-titer measles vaccination before 9 months of age has been linked to increased female mortality.

Pubmed Data : Semin Pediatr Infect Dis. 2003 Jul;14(3):220-32. PMID: 12913835
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2003
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Child Mortality : CK(64) : AC(8), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

In a measles outbreak from March 1991 to April 1992 in Rio de Janeiro 76.4% of those suspected to be infected had received measles vaccine before their first birthday.

Pubmed Data : Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 1995 Oct-Dec;28(4):339-43. PMID: 8668833
Article Published Date : Sep 30, 1995
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

Measles infection protects against allergic disease in children.

Pubmed Data : Pediatrics. 2009 Mar;123(3):771-8. PMID: 19255001
Article Published Date : Mar 01, 2009
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Allergic Rhinitis : CK(318) : AC(40), Atopic Dermatitis : CK(667) : AC(80), Childhood Infections : CK(275) : AC(29), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Therapeutic Actions : Measles Infection : CK(10) : AC(1)

Measles outbreak in a fully immunized secondary-school population with up to 99 percent vaccination.

Pubmed Data : N Engl J Med. 1987 Mar 26 ;316(13):771-4. PMID: 3821823
Article Published Date : Mar 25, 1987
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Antibody Theory Of Vaccinology : CK(35) : AC(5), Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

Measles, mumps, and rubella catch up immunisation in a measles epidemic did not appear to confer protection and was associated with a variety of new side effects of the vaccine.

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Pubmed Data : BMJ. 1995 Jun 24 ;310(6995):1629-32. PMID: 7795447
Article Published Date : Jun 23, 1995
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Mumps : CK(41) : AC(1), Rubella : CK(54) : AC(4)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR) : CK(228) : AC(26)

Primary and secondary vaccine failure may explain the 1992 measles epidemic in Cape Town.

Pubmed Data : S Afr Med J. 1994 Mar ;84(3):145-9. PMID: 7740350
Article Published Date : Feb 28, 1994
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Vaccine Failure : CK(123) : AC(13)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

The measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autoantibodies to be formed against myelin basic protein (the protective coating of the nerves) contributing to the pathogenesis of austim.

Pubmed Data : J Biomed Sci. 2002 Jul-Aug;9(4):359-64. PMID: 12145534
Article Published Date : Jul 01, 2002
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Autism : CK(1262) : AC(65), Autism Spectrum Disorders : CK(1140) : AC(108), Autoimmune Diseases : CK(5317) : AC(779), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR) : CK(228) : AC(26)

The occurrence of secondary vaccine failure and vaccine-modified measles in the United States may lead to underreporting of measles cases and result in overestimation of vaccine efficacy in h

Pubmed Data : JAMA. 1990 May 9 ;263(18):2467-71. PMID: 2278542
Article Published Date : May 08, 1990
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : vaccine efficacy overestimation
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

Vitamin A supplementation may have therapeutic activity in the treatment of measles and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.

Pubmed Data : Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1999 Feb;73(2):104-9. PMID: 10213986
Article Published Date : Feb 01, 1999
Study Type : Human Study
Additional Links
Substances : Vitamin A : CK(371) : AC(58)
Diseases : Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections : CK(56) : AC(14)

Calcium spirulan, an inhibitor of enveloped virus replication, from a blue-green alga Spirulina, exhibits activity against a variety of viruses.

Pubmed Data : J Nat Prod. 1996 Jan;59(1):83-7. PMID: 8984158
Article Published Date : Jan 01, 1996
Study Type : In Vitro Study
Additional Links
Substances : Spirulina : CK(75) : AC(21)
Diseases : Cytomegalovirus Infections : CK(85) : AC(33), HIV Infections : CK(577) : AC(184), HSV-1 : CK(53) : AC(48), Influenza A : CK(305) : AC(73), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Mumps : CK(41) : AC(1)
Pharmacological Actions : Antiviral Agents : CK(613) : AC(280)

Measles vaccination in developing countries has resulted in higher infant mortality rates.

Pubmed Data : BMJ. 1993 Nov 20;307(6915):1294-5. PMID: 8257878
Article Published Date : Nov 20, 1993
Study Type : Review
Additional Links
Diseases : Child Mortality : CK(64) : AC(8), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8), Vaccine-induced Toxicity : CK(1130) : AC(163)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Measles : CK(156) : AC(16)

MMR vaccine may induce autoantibody formation against the gut (secretin or its receptor) and/or the brain, contributing to the pathogenesis of autism-spectrum disorder.

Pubmed Data : Med Hypotheses. 2003 May;60(5):650-3. PMID: 12710897
Article Published Date : May 01, 2003
Study Type : Commentary
Additional Links
Diseases : Autism : CK(1262) : AC(65), Autism Spectrum Disorders : CK(1140) : AC(108), Autoimmune Diseases : CK(5317) : AC(779), Measles : CK(193) : AC(8)
Additional Keywords : Molecular Mimicry : CK(47) : AC(10)
Anti Therapeutic Actions : Vaccination: All : CK(3830) : AC(302), Vaccination: Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR) : CK(228) : AC(26)

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