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

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Immunotherapy, Active  

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  • Active Immunotherapies
  • Active Immunotherapy
  • Immunotherapies, Active

Scope note

  • Active immunization where vaccine is administered for therapeutic or preventive purposes. This can include administration of immunopotentiating agents such as BCG vaccine and Corynebacterium parvum as well as biological response modifiers such as interferons, interleukins, and colony-stimulating factors in order to directly stimulate the immune system.

History note

  • 91; IMMUNE RNA MANIPULATION was see IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE 1983-96; VACCINE THERAPY was see IMMUNOTHERAPY 1990, was heading 1963-82

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