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

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003140

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Lack of Association between Measles Virus Vaccine and Autism with Enteropathy: A Case-Control Study

Mady Hornig ,

* E-mail: mady.hornig@columbia.edu (MH); wil2001@columbia.edu (WIL)

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Thomas Briese,

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Timothy Buie,

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Margaret L. Bauman,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics and Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services (LADDERS), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Gregory Lauwers,

Affiliation Department of Pathology of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ulrike Siemetzki,

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Kimberly Hummel,

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Paul A. Rota,

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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William J. Bellini,

Affiliation Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Herpesvirus Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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John J. O'Leary,

Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Orla Sheils,

Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Errol Alden,

Affiliation American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States of America
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Larry Pickering,

Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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W. Ian Lipkin

* E-mail: mady.hornig@columbia.edu (MH); wil2001@columbia.edu (WIL)

Affiliation Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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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

Published: September 4, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003140

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