The administration of antigenic material to stimulate the immune system of an individual to develop adaptive immunity to a disease.
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How is duration of efficacy estimated for vaccines?
Vaccines, especially those given in adulthood, usually have term limits attached, eg: 10 years for yellow fever or 3 years for typhoid. Since presumably the time course of an immune response is no ...
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How does the immune system “learn” from a vaccine?
According to Wikipedia:
A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing
microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the
microbe, its toxins or one ...
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Why do vaccines cause your arm to hurt?
When you get a shot for a vaccine (for example, the annual flu vaccine), the nurse frequently indicates that your arm will ache for a day or two, maybe more. This ache is typically not just a pain ...
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Might a previously administered MPSV4 vaccine react with a newly administered MCV-4 vaccine?
This is a hypothetical situation.
Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4) is a vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis.
MCV4 is a conjugate vaccine.
I would like to know if the polysaccharide ...
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What factors must be taken into account for the maintenance of the immunogenicity of ovalbumin antigen?
What factors must be taken into account for the maintenance of the immunogenicity of ovalbumin antigen?
If the ovalbumin is aggregated, could we inject it for induction of immune reponse?
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What is the efficacy of Pertussis booster vaccine among different age groups?
The Murray Microbiology book says that it is prefentially 10 years, similarly Estonian and Finnish health associations.
However, my professor says that it can be 5-7 years.
I started to think if the ...
