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Vaccines, Inactivated

Medical Definition: Vaccines in which the infectious microbial nucleic acid components have been destroyed by chemical or physical treatment (e.g., formalin, beta-propiolactone, gamma radiation) without affecting the antigenicity or immunogenicity of the viral coat or bacterial outer membrane proteins.
Guide Notes: coord NIM with specific vaccine (IM)
Previously Indexed: Vaccines, Attenuated (1973-1988)
Vaccines, Inactivated Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated - A suspension of formalin-inactivated poliovirus grown in monkey kidney cell tissue culture and used to prevent POLIOMYELITIS.

Vaccines, Inactivated Medical Definitions and Terms

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