Chemicals and Drugs

Vaccine Adjuvants

Substances consisting of different components, e.g. aluminum salts, EMULSIONS such as MF59 and AS03, Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist or combinations of IMMUNOPOTENTIATORS (QS-21 and MPL in AS01), that helps increase the magnitude of an ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE to a VACCINE.

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Abstract

Substances consisting of different components, e.g. aluminum salts, EMULSIONS such as MF59 and AS03, Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist or combinations of IMMUNOPOTENTIATORS (QS-21 and MPL in AS01), that helps increase the magnitude of an ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE to a VACCINE.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Adjuvants, Vaccine
  • Vaccine Adjuvant

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Aspects Covered

25 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

2022

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Previous Indexing

  • Administration, Cutaneous (1975-2021)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D26.650.064.500
  2. D27.505.696.477.067w.500
  3. D27.720.744.064.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vaccine Adjuvants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000089582. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000089582
  2. Vaccine Adjuvants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112082654