a document that tracks an individual's vaccinations, particularly for children.

(biology) The ability of certain sites of the body to tolerate the introduction of antigens without eliciting an inflammatory immune response.

plural of immune deficiency

(immunology) The initial line of defense that entails a cascade of cells and mechanisms that protect the host from infection by different organisms in an indeterminate pattern.

(immunology) A system, activated by the innate immune system, that consists of particularly specialized systemic cells and processes that remove or counter pathogenic growth.

plural of adaptive immune system

plural of innate immune system

plural of cell-mediated immunity

(medicine) An infectious disease, caused by HIV, that causes the gradual degeneration of the body's immune system.

An immune response produced by the lymphokines secreted when sensitized T cells directly attack foreign antigens