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<p>I was wondering if anyone had more information about this. I hear this claim being made a lot but haven't found anything to support the idea that the MMR sheds. </p>
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<p>Here is something from Pediatrics :</p>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;">Viral shedding, in which someone becomes contagious and can pass a virus to someone else, is sometimes a concern when parents think about live vaccines.</p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;">Fortunately, viral shedding is not usually a problem because:</p>
<ul style="font-style:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><li style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;">the MMR vaccine doesn't cause shedding" </li>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"> </p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">I also found this posted on a blog. It was an clip from from PediatricsinReview, an official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, called <em style="color:rgb(0,141,207);text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/31/1/38.full" style="color:rgb(0,141,207);text-decoration:underline;" target="_blank" title="Comments">Vaccines in immunocompromised patients</a>. </em> It requires a subscription to see the whole thing but here is the relevant part : </span></p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"> </p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">"MMR, varicella, and rotavirus vaccines, although live viral vaccines, are recommended for immunocompetent household contacts because transmission of the virus is rare. <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The lack of viral shedding with MMR eliminates concern regarding transmission. "</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"> </p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">This is more out of curiosity than anything else, but does anyone have any information that either contradicts or confirms the idea that the MMR sheds? </span></p>
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<p>Here is something from Pediatrics :</p>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;">Viral shedding, in which someone becomes contagious and can pass a virus to someone else, is sometimes a concern when parents think about live vaccines.</p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;margin-bottom:1.5em;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:1.5em;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;">Fortunately, viral shedding is not usually a problem because:</p>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">I also found this posted on a blog. It was an clip from from PediatricsinReview, an official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, called <em style="color:rgb(0,141,207);text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/31/1/38.full" style="color:rgb(0,141,207);text-decoration:underline;" target="_blank" title="Comments">Vaccines in immunocompromised patients</a>. </em> It requires a subscription to see the whole thing but here is the relevant part : </span></p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"> </p>
<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">"MMR, varicella, and rotavirus vaccines, although live viral vaccines, are recommended for immunocompetent household contacts because transmission of the virus is rare. <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The lack of viral shedding with MMR eliminates concern regarding transmission. "</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="font-style:inherit;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:18px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-decoration:inherit;"><span style="font-size:11px;">This is more out of curiosity than anything else, but does anyone have any information that either contradicts or confirms the idea that the MMR sheds? </span></p>
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