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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. therapeutics
  3. immunotherapy
  4. immunization

Preferred term

immunization

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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).

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • active immunisation
  • active immunization
  • immunisation
  • immunostimulation (therapy)
  • passive immunisation
  • passive immunization

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/3926

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