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Cross Protection

"Cross Protection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Protection conferred on a host by inoculation with one strain or component of a microorganism that prevents infection when later challenged with a similar strain. Most commonly the microorganism is a virus.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cross Protection" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cross Protection" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2021
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