ReviewCureus2018
The Anti-vaccination Movement: A Regression in Modern Medicine.
Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
155 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Vaccine hesitancy educational interventions for medical students: A systematic narrative review in western countries.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Pooled it
- Global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance level and its determinants: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Quality and accuracy of online nutrition-related information: a systematic review of content analysis studies.Public health nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Nudging toward vaccination: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- Analysis of the Anti-Vaccine Movement in Social Networks: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Resurgence of Measles in Europe: A Systematic Review on Parental Attitudes and Beliefs of Measles Vaccine.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2020Pooled it
- Interplay between vaccine-related informational milestones, social media discourse, and vaccine administration rates for human papillomavirus and measles/mumps/rubella vaccines in the United States.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- Canine Vaccination-A Survey of Owner Attitudes and Adherence to Vaccination Protocols.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- mRNA COVID-19 vaccines: science versus misinformation.RNA (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Viral threats to pregnancy: Global health risks in the era of pandemics.Advances in virus research · 2026Review
- A Comparison of Methods for Testing and Implementing Community Health Interventions in Childhood: A Realist Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mapping Vaccine Sentiment by Analyzing Spanish-Language Social Media Posts and Survey-Based Public Opinion: Dual Methods Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Observational
- Structural equation modeling of factors influencing childhood vaccination in Saudi Arabia.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Vaccine refusal and hesitancy in Spain: an online cross-sectional questionnaire.BMC primary care · 2025Observational
- Challenges in database research for anesthetic neurotoxicity.Journal of anesthesia · 2025Article
- Social media and the spread of misinformation: infectious and a threat to public health.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Collective Immunity to the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Viruses in the Kyrgyz Population.Vaccines · 2025Article
- What Lessons can Be Learned From the Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic?International journal of public health · 2025Review
- [Determinants of trust and acceptance of vaccines in the Dominican RepublicDeterminantes da confiança nas vacinas e sua aceitação na República Dominicana].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2025Article
95 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
There have been recent trends of parents in Western countries refusing to vaccinate their children due to numerous reasons and perceived fears. While opposition to vaccines is as old as the vaccines themselves, there has been a recent surge in the opposition to vaccines in general, specifically against the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine, most notably since the rise in prominence of the notorious British ex-physician, Andrew Wakefield, and his works. This has caused multiple measles outbreaks in Western countries where the measles virus was previously considered eliminated. This paper evaluates and reviews the origins of the anti-vaccination movement, the reasons behind the recent strengthening of the movement, role of the internet in the spread of anti-vaccination ideas, and the repercussions in terms of public health and safety.
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