TY - JOUR T1 - MMR and egg allergy: to vaccinate or not to vaccinate? JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 693 LP - 694 DO - 10.3399/bjgp10X515511 VL - 60 IS - 578 AU - Srinivas Bandi AU - Colin MacDougall Y1 - 2010/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/60/578/693.3.abstract N2 - We do receive a number of referrals every year (10–15) from GPs for MMR to be administered in a hospital setting. The live measles and mumps vaccine is grown on cultured chick embryo fibroblasts and there is a concern that there could be some amount of egg protein in the vaccine. The controversy surrounding MMR and egg allergy has been long standing even though the hen's egg protein in the vaccine is highly processed and … ER -