Kinsbourne told the court the measles virus invaded cells in Michelle's brain, resulting in her autism.

CNN: Vaccine-autism question divides parents, scientists

Kawashima H et al. Detection and sequencing of measles virus from peripheral mononuclear cells from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and autism.

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Traces of the measles virus were found in Michelle's gut, leading the Oxford University-trained doctor to conclude the girl's immune system had not rejected the virus.

CNN: Vaccine-autism question divides parents, scientists

There is now a huge cohort of children who are not protected and this has allowed the measles virus to circulate - often infecting babies who are too young to have had the MMR vaccine.

BBC: Long shadow cast by MMR scare

Links between the measles virus, bowel disorders and autism suggested by one team of researchers in a research paper last week fuelled fears about MMR, although the team has no direct evidence of association between the vaccine and illness.

BBC: Measles outbreak gathers pace

Even when we hear of the impact in Fiji, where within three years of the introduction of US-based television the Western ideal of beauty has caused bulimia in 15% of adolescent girls, and we glimpse a far more infectious and pernicious disease - body hatred - than the measles virus we exported to the colonies in Victorian times, we measure neither the cost to ourselves or to them.

BBC: Interactive Essay: Transcript

Measles is caused by a virus spread in droplets and is easy to catch if you haven't been vaccinated.

BBC: 'Death risk' in Swansea measles outbreak

Measles is caused by a virus spread in droplets and is easy to catch by those who have not been vaccinated.

BBC: Wales

Twenty years after the global outbreak of AIDS, no one has developed an effective vaccine against the HIV virus, a far more cunning foe than polio, smallpox or measles.

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