immunoprophylaxis

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immunoprophylaxis

[-prō′filak′sis]

the introduction of active immunization through vaccines or passive immunization through antisera.

immunoprophylaxis (imˈ·my

·nō·prōˈ·f

·lakˑ·s

s),

n prevention of illness by the introduction of active immunization by vaccines or passive immunization through antisera.

immunoprophylaxis

prevention of disease by the administration of vaccines or hyperimmune sera.

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No references found			Although she reported wearing gloves, she was extensively exposed to the patient's blood and vomit and received immunoprophylaxis (specific hyperimmune gamma globulins). Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, southwestern Bulgaria by Christova, Iva; Di Caro, Antonino; Papa, Anna; Castilletti, Concetta; Andonova, Lubena; Kalvatchev, / Emerging Infectious Diseases The vaccines of the present invention provide effective immunoprophylaxis against papillomavirus infection through neutralizing antibody and cell-mediated immunity. Merck obtains United States patent by BIOTECH Patent News Recent developments in avian influenza research: epidemiology and immunoprophylaxis. A survey of selected avian pathogens of backyard poultry in ... by Hernandez-Divers, Sonia M.; Villegas, Pedro; Prieto, Francisco; Unda, Juan Carlos; Stedman, Nancy; R / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery			immunologically competent cell immunologist immunology immunolymphoscintigraphy immunomodulating immunomodulation immunomodulator immunomodulatory drug immunopathogenesis immunopathological immunopathology immunopathy immunoperoxidase staining immunoperoxidase technique immunophenotype immunophenotypic analysis immunophysiology Immunopig immunopotency immunopotentiation immunopotentiator immunoprecipitation immunoproliferative immunoproliferative disorder immunoproliferative small intestine disease immunoprophylaxis immunoradiometric assay immunoradiometry immunoreactant immunoreaction immunoreactive immunoregulation immunoregulator immunoregulatory hormones Immunoresistance immunoresponsiveness immunoscintigraphy immunosecretory disorders immunoselection immunosorbent immunostimulant immunostimulation Immunosuppresive cytotoxic drugs immunosuppressant Immunosuppressant Drugs immunosuppressants Immunosuppressed immunosuppression immunosuppressive Immunosuppressive drug Immunosuppressive medication			immunoperoxidase technique Immunophenotype immunophenotypic analysis Immunophenotyping immunophysiology Immunopig immunopotency immunopotency immunopotency immunopotency Immunopotentiating Reconstituted Influenza Virus immunopotentiation immunopotentiation immunopotentiator Immunoprecipitated Immunoprecipitated immunoprecipitation immunoprecipitation immunoprecipitation immunoprecipitation Immunoprin Immunoprin Immunoprin Immunoproliferative immunoproliferative disease Immunoproliferative disease of the small intestine immunoproliferative disorder Immunoproliferative disorders Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease immunoproliferative small intestine disease immunoprophylaxis Immunoproteasome Immunoproteins Immunoproteins Immunoproteins Immunoproteosome Immunoradiometric Assay Immunoradiometric Assay immunoradiometry immunoreactant immunoreaction immunoreaction immunoreactive immunoreactive Immunoreactive Atrial Natriuretic Factor Immunoreactive Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Immunoreactive Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Immunoreactive Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide Immunoreactive Endogenous Digoxin-Like Factor Immunoreactive Growth Hormone Immunoreactive Human Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor Immunoreactive Human Plasma Kallikrein/Prekallikrein immunoreactive insulin immunoreactive insulin immunoreactive insulin Immunoreactive Retinol-Binding Protein Immunoreactive trypsinogen immunoreactivity immunoreactivity immunoreactivity Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif

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