An intriguing
theory proposed by John Martin, M.D., Ph.D. is that many autistic children have
acquired a stealth virus infection through vaccination. Because of the
unusual make-up of the stealth virus, it eludes the immune system,
leading to chronic infection. If your child actually does better on
antibiotics than off of them, this may be an avenue worth pursuing.
According to Dr. Martin, “When live SV-40 virus was found in
formulin treated polio virus vaccine, a switch was made to use kidney
cells from African Green Monkeys using a live (attenuated) strain of
poliovirus. Kidney cultures from all 12 monkeys tested grew out simian
cytomegalovirus (SCMV). Sequencing studies done by Dr. Martin on the
stealth virus indicate that it originated in SCMV but the CDC and FDA
have exhibited an unwillingness to have their vaccine safety procedures
reviewed. Dr. Martin writes an in-depth account of the cover-up by
government agencies of the contamination of vaccines even though SCMV is
still being found in polio vaccine and the deadly risk of stealth virus
infection that exists for children who are made to use these vaccines.”*
According to Dr. Martin, antibiotics such as Clarithromycin (Biaxin)
provide benefit and relief of symptoms not because of their
anti-bacterial properties but because they inhibit the production of
cytokines and chemokines that the virus needs to reproduce.
Interestingly, many of supplements recommended for autism also appear to
inhibit cytokine/chemokine production.
His laboratory will test blood to determine if the stealth virus is
present and can do further testing to determine what treatments will be
most effective for a particular strain of the virus.
* For more information, see Dr. Martin’s web site, at the Center
for Complex Infectious Diseases, ccid.org. To read his article on
vaccine, see http://ccid.org/stealth/patient_information/childhood.htm.
