Concept information
Preferred term
adjuvant
Definition(s)
- An adjuvant (from Latin, "adjuvare", meaning "to help") is a pharmacological or immunological agent that improves the immune response of a vaccine. Adjuvants may be added to a vaccine to boost the immune response to produce more antibodies and longer-lasting immunity, thus minimizing the dose of antigen needed. Adjuvants may also be used to enhance the efficacy of a vaccine by helping to modify the immune response in particular types of immune system cells: for example, by activating T cells instead of antibody-secreting B cells depending on the purpose of the vaccine. (Wikipedia)
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Narrower concept(s)
Creator
- Patricia Fener
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/C0X-ZRV04NW2-L
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