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clinical research > vaccine > vaccine candidate > subunit vaccine
... > virus > respiratory virus > Coronavirinae > transmission > human to human transmission > prevention > vaccine > vaccine candidate > subunit vaccine
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Preferred term

subunit vaccine  

Definition

  • A subunit vaccine is the one which is based on the synthetic peptides or recombinant antigenic proteins, which are necessary for invigorating long-lasting protective and/or therapeutic immune response. The subunit vaccine, however, exhibits low immunogenicity and requires auxiliary support of an adjuvant to potentiate the vaccine-induced immune responses. Kaur, S. P. and Gupta, V. (2020). "COVID-19 Vaccine: A comprehensive status report." Virus Research 288: 198114.

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Entry terms

  • protein sub-unit vaccine
  • protein subunit vaccine
  • sub-unit vaccine

Creator

  • Patricia Fener

In other languages

  • vaccin sous-unitaire

    French

  • vaccin à base de sous-unités protéiques
  • vaccin à sous-unité
  • vaccin sousunitaire

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/C0X-L7HQXSZF-6

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