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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials and provides information and research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care.
Immunity that a person is born with. Innate immunity includes certain physical barriers, such as skin and mucous membranes, and fast-acting immune cells, such as natural killer cells.
Industry:Health care
Immunity that develops after a person receives immune system components, most commonly antibodies, donated from another person. Passive immunity can occur naturally, such as when an infant receives a mother’s antibodies through the placenta or breast milk, or artificially, such as when a person receives antibodies in the form of an injection (gamma globulin injection). Passive immunity provides immediate protection against an antigen, but does not provide long-lasting protection.
Industry:Health care
Immunity that develops after exposure to a disease-causing infectious microorganism or other foreign substance, such as following infection or vaccination.
Industry:Health care
Immunity that develops during a person’s lifetime. There are two types of acquired immunity: active immunity and passive immunity.
Industry:Health care
Impaired bone marrow function. Myelosuppression reduces bone marrow production of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Use of certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs may cause myelosuppression.
Industry:Health care
Impaired bone marrow function. Myelosuppression reduces bone marrow production of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Use of certain antiretroviral (ARV) drugs may cause myelosuppression.
Industry:Health care
Impaired coordination of voluntary muscle movements. Ataxia may be an adverse effect of drugs used to treat either HIV or opportunistic infections or may be caused by neurological conditions associated with HIV.
Industry:Health care
In a clinical trial, an outcome or event used to objectively measure the effect of a drug or other intervention being studied. Common endpoints include severe toxicity, disease progression, and death.
Industry:Health care
In a clinical trial, the group of participants that is given the experimental treatment being studied. The experimental treatment arm is compared to the control arm to determine whether the experimental treatment works.
Industry:Health care
In a clinical trial, the group of participants that is not given the experimental treatment being studied. The control arm receives either the standard treatment for the disease or a placebo. The control arm is compared to the experimental treatment arm to determine whether the experimental treatment works.
Industry:Health care
