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AGENT IMMUNISATION [1 record]

Record 1 2021-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Immunology
DEF

A substance that is administered to induce an immune response to increase resistance to a disease or infectious agent.

PHR

active immunizing agent, passive immunizing agent

PHR

active immunization agent, passive immunization agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Immunologie
DEF

Substance administrée afin de déclencher une réponse immunitaire pour accroître la résistance à une maladie ou à un agent infectieux.

PHR

agent d'immunisation active, agent d'immunisation passive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Inmunología
CONT

Pasteur fue el gran impulsor de la vacunación al descubrir, en 1881, que una enfermedad grave puede convertirse en leve si se debilita al microbio que la produce, y que esta forma leve puede utilizarse como agente de inmunización.

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