Science Library Abstract
Published: 2010
SYNOPSIS
SUNY-Stony Brook scientists find boys receiving the hepatitis B vaccine series are three times more likely to have autism.
TITLE
Hepatitis B vaccination of male neonates and autism diagnosis, NHIS 1997-2002
CITATION
Gallagher C, Goodman M. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 2010;73:1665–1677.
SUMMARY
“Boys vaccinated as neonates had threefold greater odds for autism diagnosis compared to boys never vaccinated or vaccinated after the first month of life. Findings suggest that U.S. male neonates vaccinated with the hepatitis B vaccine prior to 1999 (from vaccination record) had a threefold higher risk for parental report of autism diagnosis compared to boys not vaccinated as neonates during that same time period.”