article_snippet.sent: Consistent with studies in other populations, we observed no association between MMR vaccination and increased ASD risk among privately insured children,' said the study, led by Anjali Jain, a doctor in Falls Church, Virginia. '
article_snippet.sent: the study, led by Anjali Jain, a doctor in Falls Church, Virginia also found no evidence that receipt of either one or two doses of MMR vaccination was associated with an increased risk of ASD among children who had older siblings with ASD.'
article_snippet.sent: Although a substantial body of research over the last 15 years has found no link between the MMR vaccine and ASD, parents and others continue to associate the vaccine with ASD,' said the JAMA study. '
article_snippet.sent: Surveys of parents who have children with ASD suggest that many believe the MMR vaccine was a contributing cause.'
article_snippet.sent: The MMR vaccination rate for the children with unaffected siblings was 92 percent by age five.
article_snippet.sent: In contrast, the MMR vaccination rates for children with older siblings with ASD was 86 percent by age five.
article_snippet.sent: Taken together, some dozen studies have now shown that the age of onset of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, the severity or course of ASD does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children, and now the risk of ASD recurrence in families does not differ between vaccinated and unvaccinated children.'