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Descriptor English: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Descriptor Spanish: Profilaxis Pre-Exposición
Descriptor profilaxis preexposición
Scope note: Método de prevención de enfermedades (abreviado a PPrE) que implica la administración de medicamentos a personas en riesgo que no han estado expuestas al agente causal de la enfermedad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Profilaxia Pré-Exposição
Descriptor French: Prophylaxie pré-exposition
Entry term(s): Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi (PrEP)
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)
Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)
Tree number(s): N02.421.726.758.655
N06.850.780.680.655
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065129
Scope note: A method of disease prevention (abbreviated PrEP) which involves the administration of drugs to at-risk persons who have not been exposed to the disease-causing agent.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: specific disease/prevention and control (1972-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
DeCS ID: 55781
Unique ID: D065129
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Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - Preferred
Concept UI M0587497
Scope note A method of disease prevention (abbreviated PrEP) which involves the administration of drugs to at-risk persons who have not been exposed to the disease-causing agent.
Preferred term Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Entry term(s) Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi (PrEP)
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)
Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure
Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)



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