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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. inactivated vaccines

Preferred term

inactivated vaccines

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • killed vaccines

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47070

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