Source
Clinical Science Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, England, UK. tricia.mckeever@nottingham.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
We examined the effect of vaccination for diphtheria; polio; pertussis and tetanus; or measles, mumps, and rubella on the incidence of physician-diagnosed asthma and eczema.
METHODS:
We used a previously established birth cohort in the West Midlands General Practice research database.
RESULTS:
We found an association between vaccination and the development of allergic disease; however, this association was present only among children with the fewest physician visits and can be explained by this factor.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our data suggest that currently recommended routine vaccinations are not a risk factor for asthma or eczema.