Prof. Y. Shoenfeld talks about ASIA: autoimmune syndrome induced by vaccine adjuvants

Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld of the Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University is one of the world's leading authorities on autoimmune disease. His talk on ASIA—autoimmune sydrome induced by adjuvants (used to magnify the immune response to vaccines)—was distributed recently by the BMC Medical division of the open access publisher BioMed Central.Prof. Shoenfeld does not argue against the immense benefits of vaccines, but explains briefly why clinicians must be aware of the potential for autoimmune complications in a percentage of the population that may be predisposed. Morever, he discusses how the process in ASIA is relevant also for the loss of tolerance involved in conditions such as environmental and chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, narcolepsy, sick building syndrome, reactions to silicon implants, Gulf War syndrome and others.The transcript of his talk is available here.