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Pre-exposure prophylaxis

Pre-exposure prophylaxis logo #21000 Pre-exposure prophylaxis is any medical or public health procedure used before exposure to the disease causing agent, its purpose is to prevent, rather than treat or cure a disease. An example would be if a doctor gave a medication used to treat a disease to a healthy person who is not thought to have that disease, but is at risk for contracting i...
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pre-exposure prophylaxis

pre-exposure prophylaxis logo #23733Providing a medicine or vaccine to a person who may be at risk of a disease but who has yet not been exposed to the infectious agent. This will help to prevent them developing the disease if they are later exposed to it
Found on https://immunisationhandbook.health.gov.au/technical-terms
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