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Wakefield (2002)
Children with and without autism were examined for a relation between autism and the measles virus. Intestinal biopsy samples were gathered to test for the presence of the measles virus. 75/91 children with autism were found to have the virus in the tissue as compared to only 5/70 patients without autism.
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In 1998, a study was published in a prominent medical journal that examined 12 children who had developmental and gastrointestinal issues. The authors noted that for 8 of these children, the onset of behavioral symptoms was reported by their parents to have occurred soon after receiving a common childhood vaccine. This publication received significant media attention. Based on this description, what is the most likely role this study played in the public discourse surrounding vaccination?