immunogenic
- adjective
- /ˌɪmjunəˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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inmunogénico
- The vaccine was immunogenic; after three doses, 73% of recipients had seroconverted.
- immunogenic vaccine
- immunogenic protein
Examples
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Given recent findings that M. tuberculosis T-cell epitopes are hyperconserved, we hypothesized that more immunogenic strains have increased capacity to spread within the human host population.
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That's why you get an immunogenic response when you get the, the, the flu vaccine or or in this case the mRNA vaccine, you get pain at the site.
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In this age group, clinical trials indicate that the vaccine is safe and immunogenic.
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A secondary response can occur at some later date following a subsequent immunogenic stimulus.
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Although CTLA-4 antibodies bear good prospects, they are still limited to intrinsically immunogenic tumors.
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Immunizations after transplantation may be variably immunogenic but are still important in providing a measure of protection against vaccine-preventable diseases.
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The critical immunogenic leucocyte load, defined as the concentration of leucocytes necessary to cause sensitisation in a previously non-sensitised individual, is generally accepted as 10^6 per unit.
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Immunisation with MNrgp120 resulted in the appearance of neutralising antibodies in HIV-seronegative volunteers, and the vaccine was immunogenic in HIV-1-infected people.
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Plain polysaccharide antigens are often poorly immunogenic, creating a poor response in infants and young children, but these polysaccharide antigens can be attached to a protein carrier by means of conjugation.
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The study showed that the new vaccine is highly immunogenic, effectively stimulating the production of protective antibodies.
Synonyms
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About parts of germs or cells that make the body's immune system react
That helps the body build protection against a disease after a vaccine
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immunogenic comes from immune ('protected' or relating to the body's defenses) and the ending -genic ('producing' or 'causing'), the same root you see in generate and genetic. So, immunogenic means 'causing' the immune system to react and make 'antibodies', the body's defence proteins.