adjuvantation

plural adjuvantations

1. Action of adding an adjuvant.

   Strategies for overcoming the reduced immunogenicity of vaccine have included using 2 doses in the first year a child is vaccinated, using a 0.5-ml “adult dose” [ 13 – 15 ], and adjuvantation with oil-in-water emulsions [ 16, 17 ] or virosomes [ 18 ].

   2014 October 20, Joanne M. Langley et al., “Immunogenicity and Reactogenicity of an Inactivated Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Administered Intramuscularly to Children 6 to 35 Months of Age in 2012–2013: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Multicenter, Multicountry, Clinical Trial”, in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, volume 4, →DOI