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Vaccines, Attenuated

Medical Definition: Live vaccines prepared from microorganisms which have undergone physical adaptation (e.g., by radiation or temperature conditioning) or serial passage in laboratory animal hosts or infected tissue/cell cultures, in order to produce avirulent mutant strains capable of inducing protective immunity.
Guide Notes: live vaccine; coord NIM with specific vaccine (IM)
Previously Indexed: Vaccines (1966-1972),specific vaccine (1966-1972)

Vaccines, Attenuated Medical Definitions and Terms

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