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Dear Dr. Geier and Geier,

Thank you for providing me a copy of the just

published article:

Hewitson L, Houser LA, Stott C, Sackett G,

Tomko JL, Atwood D, Blue L, White R.

DELAYED ACQUISITION OF NEONATAL REFLEXES IN

NEWBORN PRIMATES RECEIVING A THIMEROSAL-

CONTAINING HEPATITIS B VACCINE: INFLUENCE

OF GESTATIONAL AGE AND BIRTH WEIGHT. Journal

of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A

2010; 73: 1298–1313.

whose " abstract " reads:

" This study examined whether acquisition of

neonatal reflexes in newborn rhesus macaques

was influenced by receipt of a single neonatal

dose of hepatitis B vaccine containing the

preservative thimerosal (Th). Hepatitis B

vaccine containing a weight-adjusted Th dose

was administered to male macaques within 24 h

of birth (n = 13). Unexposed animals received

saline placebo (n = 4) or no injection (n = 3).

Infants were tested daily for acquisition of

nine survival, motor, and sensorimotor reflexes.

In exposed animals there was a significant delay

in the acquisition of root, snout, and

suck reflexes, compared with unexposed animals.

No neonatal responses were significantly delayed

in unexposed animals. Gestational age (GA) and

birth weight (BW) were not significantly

correlated. regression models were used to

evaluate main effects and interactions of exposure

with BW and GA as independent predictors and time-

invariant covariates. Significant main effects

remained for exposure on root and suck when

controlling for GA and BW, such that exposed

animals were relatively delayed in time-to-

criterion. Interaction models indicated there were

various interactions between exposure, GA, and BW

and that inclusion of the relevant interaction

terms significantly improved model fit. This, in

turn, indicated that lower BW and/or lower GA

exacerbated the adverse effects following vaccine

exposure. This primate model provides a possible

means of assessing adverse neurodevelopmental

outcomes from neonatal Th-containing hepatitis B

vaccine exposure, particularly in infants of lower

GA or BW. The mechanisms underlying these effects

and the requirements for Th requires further study. "

Hopefully, all who read this and who have read the

other relevant studies will now accept that the most

probable factor is the Thimerosal especially in light

of the findings in the prior the Golden Syrian hamster

study in South America.

Thanks again for sending me this.

Respectfully,

G. King, PhD

http://www.dr-king.com

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