Vaccine Controversies in Canada

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Murch SH Anthony A Casson DH Retraction of an interpretation. Lancet 2004; 363 (9411): 750

Parker SK Schwartz B Todd J Pickering LK . Thimerosal-containing vaccines and autistic spectrum disorder: a critical review of published original data. Pediatrics 2004; 114 (3): 793–804

Tam CC . Influenza, Campylobacter and Mycoplasma infections, and hospital admissions for Guillain-Barré syndrome, England. Emerg Infect Dis 2006; 1880–7

Offit PA Quarles J Gerber MA Addressing parents' concerns: do multiple vaccines overwhelm or weaken the infant's immune system? Pediatrics 2002; 109 (1): 124–9

Enriquez R Persky V Hartert T . Trends in asthma prevalence and recommended number of childhood immunizations are not parallel. Pediatrics 2007; 119: 222–3

Ruiz-Palacios GM Perez-Schael I Velazquez FR Safety and efficacy of an attenuated vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis. N Engl J Med 2006; 354 (1): 11–22

Waknine Y . RotaTeq vaccine may be linked to intussusception. Medscape Medical News 2007 Feb 14. Available: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/552236 (accessed March 8, 2007)

Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2006. Toronto; 2006. Available: http://129.33.170.32/vgn/images/portal/cit_86751114/31/21/935505792cw_2006stats_en.pdf.pdf (accessed March 6, 2007)

National Advisory Committee on Immunizations. Statement on human papillomavirus vaccine. Canada Communicable Disease Report 2007; 33 (ACS-2): 1–32. Available: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/naci-ccni/#rec (accessed March 8, 2007)

Keyserling H Papa T Koranyi Y Safety, immunogenicity, and immune memory of a novel meningococcal (groups A, C, Y, and W-135) polysaccharide diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (MCV-4) in healthy adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2005; 159: 907–13

Public Health Agency of Canada. Improved vaccine to protect against meningitis: Prince Edward Island. Infectious Diseases News Brief 2006 Dec 1. Available: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/bid-bmi/dsd-dsm/nb-ab/2006/nb4806_e.html (accessed March 8, 2007)