Editing Post-exposure prophylaxis (section)

{{Short description|Preventive medical treatment after exposure}}
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'''Post-exposure prophylaxis''', also known as '''post-exposure prevention''' ('''PEP'''), is any [[Preventive medicine|preventive medical]] treatment started after exposure to a [[pathogen]] in order to prevent the infection from occurring.

It should be contrasted with [[pre-exposure prophylaxis]], which is used before the patient has been exposed to the infective agent.