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adjuvant
(redirected from aluminum adjuvant)

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Its pathophysiology has been traced to the presence of an aluminum adjuvant used in vaccines against hepatitis A and B virus and tetanus toxoid; the adjuvant aggregates at the site of injection.
May added that new techniques for metals analysis could help to better detect trace metals in injectables, metal contaminants and aluminum adjuvant.
Published clinical studies have shown QS-21 to be significantly more effective in stimulating antibody responses than aluminum adjuvants, the only adjuvants used in approved vaccines in the United States today.
 
 
 
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