Hey, I know this is sketchy at best, but I made contact with an American woman livig in Japan who has an autistic child...
"To answer your questions. As far as I know, Japan tried delaying pertussis vaccines only to have a few sporadic outbreaks so they reintroduced it. As of now they don't delay it until 2. DTaP vaccines are given at three months. Of note is that only the accellular DTaP vaccine is given in Japan (a step ahead of the states!).
As for the MMR shots. Yes, they do give them monovalently here. I don't know the results of this..
I'm also not sure if it has been linked with a fallen rate of autism in Japan though I wouldn't be surprised."
She concluded by giving me the name of a Dr. in tokyo who is a leading expert on vaccinations in Japan. Think I will give the good Dr. a shout...
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