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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. drugs
  3. vaccines
  4. live vaccines

Preferred term

live vaccines

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • attenuated vaccines
  • live attenuated vaccines

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/13770

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