pentavalent
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pentavalent
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The WHO said that only 57% of Nigerians are immunised with the pentavalent vaccine, which protects against five life-threatening diseases, including diphtheria.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2023
MenAfriVac is given to 1- to 29-year-olds, who are most vulnerable to bacterial meningitis; one possibility is to lower the upper age limit for the pentavalent vaccine.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 7, 2021
Jacob Puliyel, head of pediatrics at St Stephen's Hospital in Delhi, has been a vocal opponent of both the HPV vaccines and the pentavalent vaccine.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2011
Take the pentavalent vaccine, which combines immunisation against five diseases, such as whooping cough and diphtheria, into one.
From Economist ● Jun. 16, 2011
Group V.: N, trivalent and pentavalent, but divalent in nitric oxide; P, As, Sb, Bi, trivalent and pentavalent, the last being possibly divalent in BiO and BiCl2.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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