immunocompetence

Immunocompetence is the ability of the body to produce a normal immune response following exposure to an antigen.

To date there has been no indication of spontaneous recovery of cellular immunocompetence in our surviving patients.

Do you have altered immunocompetence due to illnesses such as diabetes or HIV?

Immunocompetence is the opposite of immunodeficiency or immuno-incompetent or immuno-compromised.

Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap.

Immunocompetence and allergy.

Dietary Chlorella pyrenoidosa for patients with malignant glioma: effects on immunocompetence, quality of life, and survival.

If inactivated vaccines are indicated for persons with altered immunocompetence, the usual doses and schedules are recommended.

Laboratory studies further demonstrated that pesticide exposure reduced host immunocompetence against parasites as the biological mechanism (Kiesecker 2002).

Three unrelated, otherwise healthy children with recurrent pyogenic infections due to pneumococci and staphylococci had normal immunocompetence by standard immune studies.

The theory of immunocompetence handicaps suggests that androgen-mediated traits accurately signal condition due to the immunosuppressive effects of androgens.

It's too early to tell, but the EFSA has raised the possibility: "Should evidence become available of reduced immunocompetence of clones.

HBV-associated liver injury is thought to be immune-mediated, and restoration of immunocompetence with antiretroviral treatment may reactivate liver inflammation and damage.

Persons with altered immunocompetence should not receive live, attenuated vaccines (viral or bacterial), and may not receive the full benefit of inactivated vaccines.

Folstad and Karter proposed the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis, whereby testosterone acts as a mediator of immunosuppression and thus keeps sexually-selected traits honest.

The format of the book follows predictable well-tried themes, covering immunological aspects of the placenta, maternal immunocompetence during pregnancy and maternal responses to fetal antigens.

In reference to lymphocytes, immunocompetence means that a B cell or T cell is mature and can recognize antigens and allow a person to mount an immune response.

Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): use of vaccines and immune globulins for persons with altered immunocompetence.

However, depending on the immunocompetence of the host, there have been documented cases of N. bacilliformis infections of the respiratory tract and oral cavity thus making it an opportunistic pathogen.

Practitioners should consider the potential risks and benefits of administering rotavirus vaccine to infants with known or suspected altered immunocompetence; consultation with an immunologist or infectious diseases specialist is advised.

Chen WC, Hau DM, Lee SS: Effects of Ganoderma lucidum and krestin on cellular immunocompetence in gamma-ray-irradiated mice.

All inactivated vaccines can be administered safely to persons with altered immunocompetence whether the vaccine is a killed whole organism or a recombinant, subunit, toxoid, polysaccharide, or polysaccharide protein-conjugate vaccine.

Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Garner W, Speicher C, Penn GM, Holliday J, Glaser R. Psychosocial modifiers of immunocompetence in medical students.

Various types of information such as nutritional status or immunocompetence can be transmitted with auditory and visual begging signals and the behavior can be modulated by several factors such as brood size and hormones.

An experiment in manipulating brood size and immune system showed the vividness of the gape was positively correlated with T-cell-mediated immunocompetence, and that larger brood size and injection with an antigen led to a less vivid gape.