The study excludes the relationship between vaccine and autism

A study with over 650.000 Danish children found no links between the triple viral vaccine, which immunizes against measles, mumps and rubella and autism, even among children with risk factors associated with the disease, according to the Annals of Medicine inside on Monday.

The magazine collects the results of the national study conducted by researchers from the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, Denmark.

British physician Andrew Wakefield established a hypothetical link between triple viral (known as MMR) and autism in a controversial article published in 1998 that still raises concerns and is being used as an argument by the anti-vaccine movement.

This hypothetical link has been dismantled in several subsequent investigations and also in this new study conducted in Denmark, which concludes that triple viral vaccine neither increases the risk of autism nor triggers it in children sensitive to the disease due to several factors.

Researchers from the Serum Institut Institute included 657.461 babies born in Denmark to Danish mothers between January 1, 1999 and December 31, 2010, which was followed up from the first year of life until August 31, 2013.

Of the total children observed, 6.517 were diagnosed with autism.

In comparing vaccinated children with triple viral and unvaccinated children, there were no substantial differences in autism risk rates.

Similarly, there was no increase in the likelihood of suffering from autism after vaccination among subgroups of children with risk factors associated with the disease.

Stopping the global boom in the anti-vaccine movement is one of the challenges that the World Health Organization (WHO) has set for this year as part of its 2019-2023 strategic plan.

The 30% increase in measles cases worldwide in 2018 is one of the warning signs of the negative effects of this movement, according to WHO.