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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunologic_adjuvant Adjuvants] in immunology are often used to modify or augment the effects of a vaccine by stimulating the immune system to respond to the vaccine more vigorously, and thus providing increased immunity to a particular disease. The carrier protein linked antigen is mixed with the adjuvant prior to immunizing the host animal. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunologic_adjuvant Adjuvants] in immunology are often used to modify or augment the effects of a vaccine by stimulating the immune system to respond to the vaccine more vigorously, and thus providing increased immunity to a particular disease. The carrier protein linked antigen is mixed with the adjuvant prior to immunizing the host animal. | ||
====Freund's complete adjuvant==== | ====Freund's complete/incomplete adjuvant==== | ||
The term “adjuvant” originates from the Latin word adjuvare, which means to help or aid. An immunologic adjuvant is defined as any substance that acts to accelerate, prolong, or enhance antigen-specific immune responses when used in combination with specific vaccine antigens | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freund's_adjuvant Freund's adjuvant] is an antigen solution emulsified in mineral oil, used as an immunopotentiator (booster of the immune system). The so-called complete form (CFA) is composed of inactivated and dried mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the pathogenic agent of tuberculosis). The so-called incomplete form (IFA) is the same adjuvant, but without the mycobacterial components. | |||
DNA Vaccines Methods and Protocols ISBN 978-0-89603-580-5 (Print) 978-1-59259-688-1 (Online) | |||
====Freund's incomplete adjuvant==== | ====Freund's incomplete adjuvant==== | ||
