Preventing infectious disease with passive immunization.
Antibodies can prevent infectious diseases by providing passive immune protection. Here we review successful clinical trials of passive immunization and consider some of the unique qualities monoclonal antibodies are now beginning to offer for developing methods for passive immunization against a wide range of infectious diseases.
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ReProtect, LLC, 703 Stags Head Road, Baltimore, MD 21286, USA. Lzeitlin@epicyte.com
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive / Q000379:methods*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal