Vaccination Patterns in Children After Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and in Their Younger Siblings.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In recent years, rates of vaccination have been declining. Whether this phenomenon disproportionately affects children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or their younger siblings is unknown.

Objectives

To investigate if children after receiving an ASD diagnosis obtain their remaining scheduled vaccines according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations and to compare the vaccination patterns of younger siblings of children with ASD with the vaccination patterns of younger siblings of children without ASD.

Design, setting, and participants

This investigation was a retrospective matched cohort study. The setting was 6 integrated health care delivery systems across the United States within the Vaccine Safety Datalink. Partic

SUBMITTER: Zerbo O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875314 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature