Vaccines, immunoglobulins and antivenoms
22 drugs
Bacterial and antimalarial vaccines
- About this sectionVaccines against bacteria and their toxins (tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, Hib, pneumococcus…
- BCG vaccine (bacille Calmette-Guérin)Cell-mediated immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Diphtheria vaccine (diphtheria toxoid)Immune response against diphtheria toxin
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccineImmune response against the Hib capsule (polyribosyl-ribitol-phosphate, PRP)
- Meningococcal vaccineImmune response against Neisseria meningitidis
- Pertussis vaccineImmune response against Bordetella pertussis and its toxin
- Pneumococcal vaccineImmune response against the Streptococcus pneumoniae capsule
- Tetanus vaccine (tetanus toxoid)Immune response against tetanospasmin (tetanus toxin)
Viral vaccines
- About this sectionVaccines that train the immune system against a virus before infection: hepatitis B, HPV, influenza…
- Dengue vaccineDengue virus envelope protein (E)
- Hepatitis A vaccineHepatitis A virus capsid
- Hepatitis B vaccineHepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccineHPV major capsid protein L1
- Influenza vaccineInfluenza haemagglutinin (HA)
- Measles vaccineMeasles virus haemagglutinin (H protein)
- Mumps vaccineMumps virus haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN)
- Poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV and OPV)Poliovirus capsid
- Rabies vaccineRabies virus glycoprotein (G)
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccineRSV fusion glycoprotein (F) in the prefusion conformation
- Rotavirus vaccineRotavirus outer capsid protein VP7
- Rubella vaccineRubella virus envelope glycoprotein E1
- Varicella vaccineVaricella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE)
- Yellow fever vaccineYellow fever virus envelope protein (E)
- Zoster vaccine (recombinant)Varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein E (gE)
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