Disciplines and Occupations

Vaccinology

Branch of medicine concerned with the development of vaccines to control disease by identifying genetic and other mechanisms and pathways that determine immune responses, and thereby provide new candidate vaccine approaches.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Branch of medicine concerned with the development of vaccines to control disease by identifying genetic and other mechanisms and pathways that determine immune responses, and thereby provide new candidate vaccine approaches.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2019

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Previous Indexing

  • Vaccines (1994-2018)

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  1. H02w.403w.894

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QW 521

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vaccinology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000078782. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000078782
  2. Vaccinology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9370062