Acellular vaccine: A vaccine that may contain cellular material but does not contain complete cells.
Pertussis Vaccination: Use of Acellular Pertussis Vaccines Among Infants and Young Children Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Allergy information includes articles on allergies, symptoms, treatment, medications, food allergies, and allergy relief.
n. A vaccine composed of only those fragments of bacterial cells that are best suited to stimulating a strong immune response.
We have examined complement killing of the respiratory pathogen Bordetella pertussis in adults immunized with a three-component acellular pertussis vaccine.
vaccine /vac·cine/ (vak´sēn) a suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, or rickettsiae), or of antigenic proteins derived from them ...