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... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Immunization
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Communicable Disease Control > Immunization
Investigative Techniques > Immunologic Techniques > Immunization
Immune System Phenomena > Immunomodulation > Immunotherapy > Immunization
Therapeutics > Biological Therapy > Immunomodulation > Immunotherapy > Immunization
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Preventive Health Services > Primary Prevention > Immunization
... > Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Primary Prevention > Immunization
... > Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Primary Prevention > Immunization
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Public Health Practice > Primary Prevention > Immunization

Preferred term

Immunization  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of ANTIGENS or IMMUNOLOGIC ADJUVANTS. PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of IMMUNE SERA or LYMPHOCYTES or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow).

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Entry terms

  • Immunological Stimulation
  • Immunologic Sensitization
  • Immunologic Stimulation
  • Immunostimulation
  • Sensitization, Immunologic
  • Sensitization, Immunological
  • Stimulation, Immunologic

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Immunisation

    French

  • Immunostimulation
  • Sensibilisation immunologique
  • Stimulation immunologique

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