Immunologic adjuvant
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immunologic-adjuvant-176-894370
title:
Immunologic adjuvant
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In immunology, an adjuvant is a substance that increases or modulates the immune response to a vaccine. The word "adjuvant" comes from the Latin word adiuvare, meaning to help or aid. "An immunologic adjuvant is defined as any substance that acts to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses when used in combination with specific vaccine antigens." In the early days of vaccine manufacture, significant variations in the efficacy of different batches of the same vaccine were
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Component of vaccines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunologic_adjuvant
date created:
2007-03-21T03:27:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T12:27:41Z
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