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Vaccine Development Total
Any aspect of vaccine research, development, testing, etc., for diseases other than AIDS. A vaccine must involve the administration of an antigen to induce an active and specific immune response. Induction of passive immunity does not constitute a vaccine although the term is sometimes misused for this process. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Determining the antigens (whole virus, parts or crossreacting) to be incorporated in a vaccine
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A substance added to a vaccine to improve the immune response so that less vaccine is needed.
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