Post-Exposure

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PE
Pronunciation
/poʊst ɪkˈspoʊʒər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. It is100 % fatal but100 % preventable when post-exposure treatment using therapeutic sera is readily available.
  2. Twelve of these drug-resistant viruses were associated with the use of oseltamivir for post-exposure prophylaxis.
  3. Use of the multi-site intradermal regimen to reduce the cost of post-exposure treatments;
  4. There is no evidence to support the role of ribavirin as post-exposure prophylactic treatment for Lassa fever.
  5. Post-exposure prophylaxis against HIV infection was not offered.

Other meanings of PE