The Following Science Journal References
Provide
Direct Refutation of Dr. Classen's Claims of Autoimmune
Disorders Resulting from Immunization:
Immunisation
and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Is There a Link?
". . . there is no clear evidence that any currently used vaccine can prevent or
induce diabetes in humans. "
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Pertussis
Vaccines and Atopic Disease
"We found no support for a drastic increase in allergic manifestations after
pertussis vaccination."
A randomized controlled trial of the effect of
pertussis vaccines on atopic disease.
Nilsson L, Kjellman NI, Bjorksten B Arch
Pediatr Adolesc Med 1998 Aug;152(8):734-8
Lack
of association between early childhood immunizations and beta-cell autoimmunity.
Diabetes Care 1999 Oct 22:10 1694-7 Graves PM, Barriga KJ, et
al
* Timing of immunization has no effect on development of diabetes
Childhood immunizations and type
1 diabetes: summary of an Institute for Vaccine Safety Workshop.
Association between
type 1 diabetes and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination: birth cohort study. BMJ
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see also: Editorial Comment
Cumulative
incidence of childhood-onset IDDM is unaffected by
pertussis immunization.
Diabetes Care 1997 Feb;20(2):173-5; Heijbel H,
Chen RT, Dahlquist G
Booster
pertussis vaccination does not increase allergy risk
Booster immunization of children with an acellular
pertussis vaccine enhances Th2 cytokine
production and serum IgE responses against pertussis
toxin but not against common allergens.
Ryan EJ, et al Clin
Exp Immunol 2000 Aug 121:2 193-200
DTP
vaccine has an anti-diabetic effect in NOD mice
Antigen based therapies to prevent diabetes in NOD mice.
Ramiya VK, et al J Autoimmun
1996 Jun;9(3):349-56
No
evidence of asthma exacerbation related to influenza vaccination
Arch Fam Med 2000 Jul;9(7):617-23 Kramarz, et al
Freund's
complete adjuvant (CFA) and BCG vaccine significantly reduced
the proportion of NOD mice developing diabetes
The
Swedish childhood diabetes study
The Swedish childhood diabetes study. Vaccinations
and infections
as risk determinants for diabetes in childhood.
Diabetologia 1991 Mar;34(3):176-81 Blom L, Nystrom L,
Dahlquist G
"When vaccinations were considered as
possible risk factors for diabetes, a significant decrease in relative
risk estimated as odds ratio (OR) was noted for measles vaccination (OR = 0.69; 95%
confidence limits 0.48-0.98). For vaccination against tuberculosis, smallpox, tetanus,
whooping cough, rubella and mumps no significant effect on OR for
diabetes was found. . . . In conclusion, a protective effect of
measles vaccination for Type 1 diabetes in childhood is indicated as well as a possible
causal relationship between the onset of the disease and the total load of recent
infections. " |
Early
BCG vaccination and development of atopy
Lancet 1997 Aug 9;350(9075):400-3
| "Early BCG vaccination in children with atopic heredity does not
seem to affect the development of atopic disease before school age." |
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