Abstract

SALAZAR MADRIGAL, Kenneth Alfonso. Vaccine against measles mumps and rubella and its association with autism: 20 years of controversy. Rev. costarric. salud pública [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.79-86. ISSN 1409-1429.

In the present review is offered the ethical guidelines that govern the scheme with which the triple vaccine against Measles Rubella and Mumps must to be applied. It emphasizes the lack of clinical data that have associated this vaccine with the development of autism in children and exposes based on scientific evidence the risks of non-vaccination in this age group.

Keywords : Vaccination; Measles; Rubella; Mumps; Outbreak; Autism; Anti-vaccination; Congenital Rubella Syndrome.

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