polysaccharide vaccine

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polysaccharide vaccine [‚päl·ē‚sak·ə‚rīd vak′sēn]

(immunology)

A noninfectious vaccine that contains the polysaccharide coats, or capsules, of encapsulated bacteria.

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Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine.

The challenge of vaccinating hospitalized patients for influenza and ... by Ramsey, Keith M. / Southern Medical Journal

Any effect of polysaccharide vaccination on carriage is probably short term, and the most commonly used polysaccharide vaccine is directed against serogroups A and C.

Social behavior and meningococcal carriage in British teenagers by Stuart, James M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria.

PULSE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE IMPORTANT FOR THE ELDERLY, TOO by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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