Immunostimulants like interferon alfa-2b do not prompt and immune response that generates immunity against a specific pathogen like a vaccine does. Instead, these more generally acting immunostimulants increase immunological activity overall and can be used in the treatment of a wide variety of viral infections and cancers true or false
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