A new study showed that measles virus is present in children with a new form of bowel disease and the defect is linked to the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination.
The authors include Andrew Wakefield, whose work at London's Royal Free Hospital in 1998 first raised fears that MMR vaccination may trigger bowel disorders and autism in susceptible children.
The study was set up to investigate the presence of persistent measles virus in children with ileocolonic lymphonodular hyperplasis, a new form of inflammatory bowel disease that has been described in a cohort of children with developmental disorder.
Results showed that 75 of 91 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of ileocolonic lymphonodular hyperplasis and enterocolitis were positive for measles virus in their intestinal tissue compared with five of 70 control patients.
The data confirm an association between the presence of measles virus and gut pathology in children with developmental disorder. The authors conclude that the virus may act as an immunological trigger.
Molecular Pathology April 2002
Dr. Andrew Wakefield is one of the brightest and most well respected researchers in the entire field of autism. Late last year he was terminated from his position at one of England's most prestigious hospitals for no other reason than reporting the truth of his findings critical of the safety of the MMR vaccine.
This study, which will be published in a subsidiary of the British Medical Journal will go a way towards vindicating his research.
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