Passive Immunity in Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
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Passive immunity in prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.
Antibodies have been used for over a century in the prevention and treatment of infectious disease. They are used most commonly for the prevention of measles, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, varicella, rabies, and vaccinia. Although their use in the treatment of bacterial infection has largely been supplanted by antibiotics, antibodies remain a critical component of the treatment of diptheri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0893-8512
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.13.4.602-614.2000