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breakthrough infection

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breakthrough infection
Immunology An infection by the same organism that a vaccine is designed to protect against; BIs may be caused by exposure to the organism before the vaccine took effect, or before the entire vaccine was administered. See Booster.


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Despite this general efficacy, breakthrough infection (infection of vaccinated persons by the vaccine-targeted adenoviral serotypes) was still regularly reported (14).
6 billion safety syringe market and introducing its breakthrough infection control technology in North America.
The initial description of an HBsAg mutant was made in the breakthrough infection of a child born to a HBV-positive mother (16).
 
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