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Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Vaccines > Vaccines, Synthetic > Vaccines, Conjugate
Biological Factors > Antigens > Vaccines, Synthetic > Vaccines, Conjugate
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Recombinant Proteins > Vaccines, Synthetic > Vaccines, Conjugate

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Vaccines, Conjugate  

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Entry terms

  • Conjugate Vaccine
  • Vaccine, Conjugate

Note

  • "induce antibody formation in people not responsive to polysaccharide alone"; semisynthetic vaccines; coord NIM with specific vaccine (IM)

Scope note

  • Semisynthetic vaccines consisting of polysaccharide antigens from microorganisms attached to protein carrier molecules. The carrier protein is recognized by macrophages and T-cells thus enhancing immunity. Conjugate vaccines induce antibody formation in people not responsive to polysaccharide alone, induce higher levels of antibody, and show a booster response on repeated injection.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018074

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