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IMMUNIZING AGENT [11 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Immunology
DEF

The administration of an immunizing agent to protect an organism against a disease or infectious agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Immunologie
DEF

Administration d'un agent immunisant pour protéger un organisme contre une maladie ou un agent infectieux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
  • Inmunología
DEF

Administración de un agente inmunizante a un organismo para protegerlo contra una enfermedad o agente infeccioso.

OBS

inmunización: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que los términos "vacuna" e "inmunización" no son sinónimos, sino que por medio de la administración de una vacuna es posible conseguir la "inmunización".

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Record 2 2021-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Immunology
DEF

A vaccine that reinforces or restores the immunizing effect of the first vaccine administered against a given disease or infectious agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Immunologie
DEF

Vaccin qui renforce ou rétablit l'effet immunisant du premier vaccin administré contre une maladie ou un agent infectieux donné.

Spanish

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

[...] los niveles de anticuerpos suben al menos tres veces con una vacuna de refuerzo.

OBS

vacuna de refuerzo; vacuna de recuerdo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que, como se registra en el Diccionario de términos médicos de la Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, "booster" puede traducirse por equivalentes asentados como […] "vacuna de recuerdo o de refuerzo"[,] por tanto, no hay motivo para emplear el anglicismo en textos en español.

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Record 3 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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Record 4 2021-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Immunology
DEF

A dose of an immunizing agent that reinforces or restores the immunizing effect of the original dose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Immunologie
DEF

Dose d'un agent immunisant qui renforce ou rétablit l'effet immunisant de la première dose.

Spanish

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

[...] dosis de una vacuna dada para incrementar [o restablecer] la respuesta inmune de la dosis original.

OBS

dosis de refuerzo; dosis de recuerdo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que las expresiones […] "dosis de refuerzo o de recuerdo" son algunas de las alternativas que se pueden usar en español en lugar del anglicismo "booster" en el ámbito de la medicina.

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Record 5 2021-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
  • Immunology
DEF

The injection of a dose of an immunizing agent that reinforces or restores the immunizing effect of the original dose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Injection d'une dose d'un agent immunisant qui renforce ou rétablit l'effet immunisant de la première dose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
  • Inmunología
CONT

A nivel mundial los expertos están estudiando [...] si la inmunidad en general está disminuyendo entre las personas vacunadas. Si llega a disminuir mucho, es posible que sea necesaria una inyección de refuerzo.

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Record 6 2011-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A vaccine with three strains or types of immunizing agent.

OBS

For example, trivalent polio vaccine consists of polio immunotypes 1, 2, and 3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
DEF

Vacuna [que] contiene tres antígenos correspondientes a tres tipos distintos de virus gripales.

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Record 7 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A sterile solution of formaldehyde-treated products of the growth of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, used as an active immunizing agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Le vaccin [antidiphtérique] est une anatoxine diphtérique purifiée obtenue par détoxification de la toxine par le formol, absorbée ou non, sur hydroxyde d'aluminium. L'anatoxine diphtérique est toujours associée à d'autres vaccins.

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A suspension of one or a combination of three types of live, attenuated polioviruses propagated separately in monkey kidney tissue culture. The vaccine is administered orally and is an active immunizing agent against poliomyelitis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Biotechnologie
OBS

vaccin Sabin : Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Biotecnología
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Record 9 1990-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

(USP) a sterile suspension of the precipitate obtained by treating a mixture of diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid and pertussis vaccine with alum, aluminum hydroxide or aluminum phosphate, the components being combined in such proportions as to yield a mixture containing an immunizing dose of each in the total dosage prescribed on the label; used as an active immunizing agent, administered intramuscularly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie

Spanish

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Record 10 1987-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

a bacterially sterile preparation of a combination of the live measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines found suitable for human immunization, grown on culture of either chicken or duck embryo tissue; used as an active immunizing agent, administered subcutaneously.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

En octobre 1982, l'Alberta inscrivait à son programme d'immunisation systématique les vaccins antirougeoleux, antiourlien et antirubéoleux administrés en association (vaccin ROR) aux enfants âgés d'un (1) an.

OBS

vaccin antirougeoleux, antiourlien et antirubéoleux : Guide pour l'immunisation des Canadiens (Santé et Bien-être social Canada)

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
OBS

trivalent vaccine : A vaccine with three strains or types of immunizing agent.

OBS

influenza vaccine: A killed or inactivated sterile suspension of influenza virus grown in embryonated chicken eggs.

OBS

Canada Diseases Weekly Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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