VACCINIA VIRUS

  

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VACCINIA VIRUS

Specialty Definition: VACCINIA VIRUS

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Health

The type species of Orthopoxvirus, related to cowpox virus, but whose true origin is unknown. It has been used as a live vaccine against smallpox. It is also used as a vector for inserting foreign DNA into animals. Rabbitpox virus is a subspecies of vaccinia virus. (references)

Medicine

The virus used for vaccination against smallpox. Source: European Union. (references)

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Crosswords: VACCINIA VIRUS

Specialty definitions using "VACCINIA VIRUS": Kaposi Varicelliform EruptionOrthopoxviruspig poxswine pox, swinepoxVidarabine. (references)

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Commercial Usage: VACCINIA VIRUS

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Books

  • Factors affecting plaque assay of animal viruses; with special reference to vesicular stomatitis and vaccinia virus (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: VACCINIA VIRUS

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Vaccinia virus is normally confined to cattle, but is conveyed to humans through vaccination, thereby, imparting immunity to the smallpox Variola virus. Credit: CDC.

Because the smallpox (vaccinia virus) vaccine is "live", you can spread it to other people, as well as to other parts of your own body. Credit: CDC.

Vaccinia (smallpox) vaccine, derived from calf lymph, and currently licensed in the United States, is a lyophilized, live-virus preparation of infectious vaccinia virus. It does not contain smallpox (variola) virus. Credit: CDC.

  

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: VACCINIA VIRUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vaccinia virus

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: VACCINIA VIRUS

Language Translations for "VACCINIA VIRUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Vaccinia-virus. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Vacciniavirus. (various references)

   

French

  

virus de la vaccine, Vaccinia virus. (various references)

   

German

  

Vaccinia-Virus, Vacciniavirus, Vaccinia variolae, Poxvirus officinalis. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Ιός δαμαλίτιδας. (various references)

   

Italian

  

virus vaccino, virus Vaccinia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acciniavay irusvay

   

Portuguese

  

vírus vaccinia. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

virus Vaccinia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: VACCINIA VIRUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-i-n-r-s-u-v-v"

-4 letters: vaccinias.

-5 letters: crucians, vaccinas, vaccinia.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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