| chemoprophylaxis | <epidemiology> Drug treatment designed to prevent future occurrences of disease. Treatment may be chemotherapy as far as an individual is concerned but chemopropylactic for the population as a whole. (05 Dec 1998) |
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The use of chemical agents to prevent infectious disease.
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Prevention of disease by the use of chemicals or drugs.
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method of disease prevention by taking specific medications. Malaria chemoprophylaxis requires drugs to be taken before, during, and after exposure. Very effective, but not absolute because of drug resistance and poor compliance. Chemoprophylaxis is also called "suppressive treatment."
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The administration of a chemical, including antibiotics, to prevent the development of an infection or the progression of an infection to active manifest disease, or to eliminate the carriage of a specific infectious agent to prevent transmission and disease in others. Chemotherapy, on the other hand, refers to use of a chemical to treat a clinically manifest disease or to limit its further progression.
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