title: Bacterial infections, immune overload, and MMR vaccine. Measles, mumps, and rubella.
abstract: Combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine did not increase the risk of hospitalisation with invasive bacterial infection in the three months after vaccination; rather there was a protective effect. These results provide no support for the concept of "immunological overload" induced by multiple antigen vaccinations, nor calls for single antigen vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Immunisation Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Laboratory Service, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, UK. emiller@phls.org.uk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Waight
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000276:immunology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D022542:Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine