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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Pre Exposure Prophylaxis
  • Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxi (PrEP)
  • Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure
  • Prophylaxi, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)
  • Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure
  • Prophylaxis, Pre-Exposure (PrEP)

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

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

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History Note

2015

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Previous Indexing

  • specific disease/prevention and control (1972-2014)

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.421.726.758.655w
  2. N06.850w.780.680.655w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065129. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065129
  2. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-exposure_prophylaxis_for_HIV_prevention
  3. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7239230