Hookworm vaccine
Hookworm Vaccine
The Hookworm Vaccine is a prophylactic immunization developed to prevent hookworm infections.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hook‧worm vac‧cine
- IPA: /ˈhʊkˌwɜrm ˈvæksiːn/
Etymology
The term "hookworm vaccine" is derived from the English words "hookworm" and "vaccine". "Hookworm" is a common name for a group of parasitic worms that hook onto the intestinal wall, and "vaccine" comes from the Latin vaccinus, meaning "from cows", a reference to the use of cowpox virus in the first vaccines.
Definition
The Hookworm Vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to hookworm infection. It stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the hookworm as a threat, destroy it, and remember it, so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these parasites that it later encounters.
Related Terms
- Hookworm: A type of parasitic worm that lives in the small intestine of its host, which may be a mammal such as a dog, cat, or human.
- Vaccine: A biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease.
- Immunization: The process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent.
- Parasite: An organism that lives in or on an organism of another species and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Hookworm vaccine
- Wikipedia's article - Hookworm vaccine
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