immunologically naïve

comparative more immunologically naïve · superlative most immunologically naïve

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of immunologically naive.

   In Western Kenya, approximately 100 percent of immunologically naïve older infants and toddlers develop confirmed clinical malaria during high season.

   2006, Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-Up Agency, Committee on U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine, Battling Malaria, →ISBN

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   Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune as a result of natural immunization (e.g., recovery from infection or disease) or previous vaccination; or (c) already infected, either showing clinical signs or possibly incubating disease and/or shedding the infectious organisms to other susceptible animals.

   2011, Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters

   Viruses that cause persistent productive infections (e.g., cytomegalovirus, HIV) are a particular problem because the infected person is a continual source of virus that can be spread to immunologically naïve people.

   2015, Patrick R. Murray, Ken S. Rosenthal, Michael A. Pfaller, Medical Microbiology, →ISBN, page 382