Vaccine

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Contents

See for

meningitis vaccine, therapeutic vaccine

Broader Terms

immunological substance

Narrower Terms

bacterial vaccine, fungal vaccine, live vaccine, neoplasm /cancer vaccine, protozoal vaccine, synthetic vaccine, vector vaccine, viral vaccine

Related Terms

disease /disorder prevention /control

Scope Note

prophylactic or therapeutic preparation given to produce immune response to pathogenic organisms or substances; vaccines are used not only in infectious disease prevention and treatment, but in neoplastic and autoimmune disease treatment, control of fertility, drug abuse control etc.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

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  • Search: Wired NewsWire service news & photosWired MagazineHotBot (the Web) 7f ebd Why Anthrax Vaccine Is Scarce Page 1 of 2 next Breaking News from AP: 5 run over at Ga.
  • Thinks Anthrax Vaccine is Responsible for Illness Feb 13,2000 The Fayetteville Observer by J.
  • com Print this Page E-mail to a Friend New Flu Vaccine is Loaded With Mercury GlaxoSmithKline's new flu vaccine Fluarix was approved Wednesday for sale in the USA this fall under an accelerated FDA approval process.
  • The vaccine is reported to be 93% effective in protecting against anthrax.

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