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Record 1 2021-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Immunology
DEF

A dose of an immunizing agent that reinforces or restores the immunizing effect of the original dose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Immunologie
DEF

Dose d'un agent immunisant qui renforce ou rétablit l'effet immunisant de la première dose.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Inmunología
DEF

[...] dosis de una vacuna dada para incrementar [o restablecer] la respuesta inmune de la dosis original.

OBS

dosis de refuerzo; dosis de recuerdo: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que las expresiones […] "dosis de refuerzo o de recuerdo" son algunas de las alternativas que se pueden usar en español en lugar del anglicismo "booster" en el ámbito de la medicina.

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