Vaccine
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See for
meningitis vaccine, therapeutic vaccine
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
bacterial vaccine, fungal vaccine, live vaccine, neoplasm /cancer vaccine, protozoal vaccine, synthetic vaccine, vector vaccine, viral vaccine
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Related Terms
disease /disorder prevention /control
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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.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- The Anthrax Vaccine: Is It Safe? Does It Work? reports the study s conclusion that the vaccine is acceptably safe and effective in protecting humans against anthrax.
- 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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