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PEDIATRIC BULLETIN: MMR AND AUTISM: SUSPECT OR SUPERSTITION?

Recent studies have found no evidence to support a correlation between

autism and MMR immunization.

Infect Med 18(4):183, 2001

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MULTIVALENT PEPTIDE VACCINE AGAINST GROUP A STREP M PROTEINS LOOKS

PROMISING

Most group A streptococcal infections may become a thing of the past as

progress continues in the development of a multiantigenic peptide

vaccine against the M virulence protein, report investigators from the

CDC.

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UK BIOTECH FIRM TARGETS WEST NILE VIRUS

Human trials to test a vaccine against the West Nile virus that has

spread to the US could begin early next year, according to the head of a

small British firm enlisted to help fight the disease.

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POLIO VACCINE SWITCH HAS LOWERED RATE OF VACCINE-ASSOCIATED PARALYTIC

DISEASE

The incidence of vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis has

decreased since the September 1996 recommendation that inactivated

poliovirus vaccine (IVP) should replace oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)

for the first two doses, according to an analysis of data from the

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.

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BULGARIA CONFIRMS TWO POLIO CASES

Bulgaria's Health Ministry said on Friday it had registered its first

two cases of polio since 1991 and that it had begun an immunization

campaign in response.

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HONG KONG EXTERMINATES POULTRY AFTER INFLUENZA DETECTION

Hong Kong authorities swept through local poultry farms on Monday to

kill some 1.2 million birds in an attempt to stop the spread of an avian

influenza virus.

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BSE FEARS PROMPT STRICTER DONOR RESTRICTIONS BY AMERICAN RED CROSS

The American Red Cross said on Monday it will tighten restrictions,

beginning in September, on blood donations from people who have spent

time in Europe over concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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CATTLE CULL COULD PRESENT NEW RISK OF VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE

The remains of some of the 469,000 cattle culled in the British fight

against foot-and-mouth disease are likely to carry bovine spongiform

encephalopathy (BSE), and could spread the infection via soil and ground

water, the government's scientific advisors warned on Thursday.

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