Story highlights Researchers examined the records of 95,727 children in an 11-year window

"We found that there was no harmful association," says a pediatrician who worked on the study

Researchers also found no increased autism risk from the vaccine for children with older siblings with autism

(CNN) The vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella doesn't bring an increased risk of autism, according to a new study of more than 95,000 children.

Using a claims database from a large commercial health plan, the researchers paid particular attention to children who had older siblings with autism, or ASD, which puts them at a higher genetic risk of developing autism.

"We found that there was no harmful association between the receipt of the MMR vaccine and the development of an autism spectrum disorder," said Anjali Jain, a pediatrician at the Lewin Group, a health care consulting firm in Virginia, who worked on the study.

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