NALT

Preferred term

immunization

Topic

Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. Active immunization involves administration of antigens or immunologic adjuvants. Passive immunization involves administration of immune sera or lymphocytes or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow).

immunotherapy

active immunisation
active immunization
immunisation
immunostimulation (therapy)
passive immunisation
passive immunization

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

19233

Spanish

inmunización

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/3926

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/6/17