From the American Journal of Epidemiology comes a report of an outbreak of “Aseptic Meningitis associated with Mass Vaccination with a Urabe-containing Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine.”
According to the report, a mass immunization campaign using the MMR vaccine in a city in Brazil, had resulted in an outbreak of aseptic meningitis following the mass campaign.
The report found that “An elevated risk of aseptic meningitis was observed 3 weeks after Brazil’s national vaccination day compared with the risk in the prevaccination period.”
According to the report, a confirmed link exists “between measles-mumps-rubella vaccination and aseptic meningitis.”
American Journal of Epidemiology: Outbreak of Aseptic Meningitis
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