Health Care

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

The prevention of infection or disease following exposure to a pathogen.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The prevention of infection or disease following exposure to a pathogen.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Post-Exposure Prevention
  • Post Exposure Prevention
  • Post Exposure Prophylaxis
  • Prevention, Post-Exposure
  • Prophylaxis, Post-Exposure

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • specific disease/prevention and control (1972-2009)

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Tree Number

  1. N02.421.726.755w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056990. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056990
  2. Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-exposure_prophylaxis
  3. Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361206