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| Title |
A Case-Control Study Evaluating the Relationship Between Thimerosal-Containing Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccine Administration and the Risk for a Pervasive Developmental Disorder Diagnosis in the United States
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| Published in |
Biological Trace Element Research, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12011-014-0169-3 |
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| Authors |
David A. Geier, Janet K. Kern, Paul G. King, Lisa K. Sykes, Mark R. Geier |
| Abstract |
Thimerosal is an organic mercury (Hg)-containing compound (49.55 % Hg by weight) historically added to many multi-dose vials of vaccine as a preservative. A hypothesis testing case-control study evaluated automated medical records in the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) for organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal in Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)-containing vaccines administered at specific times within the first 15 months of life among subjects diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) (n = 534) in comparison to controls. The generally accepted biologically non-plausible linkage between Thimerosal exposure and subsequent diagnosis of febrile seizure (n = 5886) was examined as a control outcome. Cases diagnosed with PDD received significantly more organic Hg within the first 6 months of life (odds ratio (OR) = 1.97, p < 0.001) and first 15 months of life (OR = 3.94, p < 0.0001) than controls, whereas cases diagnosed with febrile seizure were no more likely than controls to have received increased organic Hg. On a per microgram of organic Hg basis, cases diagnosed with a PDD in comparison to controls were at significantly greater odds (OR = 1.0197, p < 0.0001) of receiving increasing organic Hg exposure within the first 15 months of life, whereas cases diagnosed febrile seizure were no more likely than controls (OR = 0.999, p > 0.20) to have received increasing organic Hg exposure within the first 15 months of life. Routine childhood vaccination is an important public health tool to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases, but the present study provides new epidemiological evidence of a significant relationship between increasing organic Hg exposure from Thimerosal-containing vaccines and the subsequent risk of PDD diagnosis in males and females. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 5% |
| Canada | 9 | 4% |
| Australia | 6 | 3% |
| Guinea | 1 | <1% |
| Panama | 1 | <1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
| Comoros | 1 | <1% |
| Yemen | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 15 | 7% |
| Unknown | 134 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 204 | 92% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 3% |
| Scientists | 3 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 80 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 18% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 30% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 8% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 23% |
| Unknown | 19 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 173. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 December 2020.
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