Adjuvants are ingredients used in some vaccines to enhance the immunogenicity of antigens (immunogens). Adjuvants are used to boost the immune response when an antigen has low immunogenicity or when...
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Live, attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines are two basic types of vaccines used to protect susceptible individuals from infectious diseases. Live-attenuated vaccines Live-attenuated...
Taenia solium, also known as pork tapeworm, causes Taeniasis, an infection that is common amongst people eating raw or insufficiently cooked measly pork containing the cysticerci. It is prevalent...
Ascaris lumbricoides: Life cycle, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Ascaris lumbricoides, commonly known as “roundworm” is the largest nematode parasitizing man. The adult worms are cylindrical, with a tapering anterior end. When freshly passed from the...
Relapsing fever is a bacterial infection characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and nonspecific symptoms following exposure to insect vector-carrying Borrelia species. There are two...
Naegleria fowleri: Characteristics, Life Cycle and Lab Diagnosis
Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba,” is a small, free-living water and soil amebae capable of causing opportunistic infections in humans. It causes a rare but...