revaccination
noun[CorU]
(alsore-vaccination)uk/ˌriː.væk.sɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌri.væk.səˈneɪ.ʃən/theprocessoractof giving someone avaccine(= asubstancethatprotectsagainst adisease)again for the samedisease:
The need for revaccination has notyetbeendetermined.
According tovets, re-vaccination isnecessaryevery sixmonths.
Asimmunityto Covid-19fadesovertime,peoplewill needperiodicboostersor revaccinations.
- Forpeopleat highrisk, revaccination isrecommendedafter fiveyears.
- Complications arerare, but at least tentimesmorecommonafterprimaryvaccinationthan after revaccination.
- Therecalleddosesareconsideredpotent, so revaccinations won't beneeded.
Immunology & vaccination
- active immunity
- anti-vax
- antibody
- antigen
- antigenic
- antiserum
- antivaxxer
- gamma globulin
- herd immunity
- immune response
- immunity
- immunization
- immunocompromised
- immunology
- immunosuppressed
- inoculate
- inoculation
- vaccinate
- vaccination
- vax