Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
"Post-Exposure Prophylaxis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The prevention of infection or disease following exposure to a pathogen.
| Descriptor ID |
D056990
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.726.755
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| Concept/Terms |
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
- Post Exposure Prophylaxis
- Prophylaxis, Post-Exposure
- Post-Exposure Prevention
- Post Exposure Prevention
- Prevention, Post-Exposure
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Post-Exposure Prophylaxis" by people in Profiles.
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Haley SL, Tzvetkov EP, Meuwissen S, Plummer JR, McGettigan JP. Targeting Vaccine-Induced Extrafollicular Pathway of B Cell Differentiation Improves Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis. J Virol. 2017 Apr 15; 91(8).
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Li J, Ertel A, Portocarrero C, Barkhouse DA, Dietzschold B, Hooper DC, Faber M. Postexposure treatment with the live-attenuated rabies virus (RV) vaccine TriGAS triggers the clearance of wild-type RV from the Central Nervous System (CNS) through the rapid induction of genes relevant to adaptive immunity in CNS tissues. J Virol. 2012 Mar; 86(6):3200-10.
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Müller T, Dietzschold B, Ertl H, Fooks AR, Freuling C, Fehlner-Gardiner C, Kliemt J, Meslin FX, Franka R, Rupprecht CE, Tordo N, Wanderler AI, Kieny MP. Development of a mouse monoclonal antibody cocktail for post-exposure rabies prophylaxis in humans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3(11):e542.