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MMR & MMR Vaccine

Selected References:

  • Bouthry E, et al. 2014. Rubella and pregnancy: diagnosis, management and outcomes. Prenatal Diagnosis. 34(13).
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2001. Notice to Readers: Revised ACIP Recommendation for Avoiding Pregnancy After Receiving a Rubella–Containing Vaccine. MMWR 50(49):1117.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2016. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pregnancy/hcp/guidelines.html.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 2017. Rubella (German Measles, Three-Day Measles). https://www.cdc.gov/rubella/about/index.html.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019. Measles (Rubeola). https://www.cdc.gov/measles/.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019. Mumps. https://www.cdc.gov/mumps/.
  • Chen, W, et al. 2004. No evidence for links between autism, MMR, and measles virus. Psychol Med 34:543-553.
  • Hisano M, et al. 2016. Evaluation of measles-rubella vaccination for mothers in early puerperal phase. Vaccine 34(9):1208-1214.
  • Immunization Action Coalition. 2019. Measles, Mumps and Rubella. http://www.immunize.org/askexperts/experts_mmr.asp.
  • Moss WJ. 2017. Measles. Lancet. 390(10111):2490-2502.
  • Mohrbacher N, et al (eds.) 2003. The Breastfeeding Answer Book. La Leche League International, Inc., p. 607.
  • Pickering LK (ed.) 2000 Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. American Academy of Pediatrics, pp. 389-395, 406-408, 497-500.
  • Taparelli F, et al. 1988. Isolation of mumps virus from vaginal secretions in association with oophoritis. J Infect 17:255-8.
  • Taylor LE, et al. 2014. Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. Vaccine 32(29):3623-3629.