street virus
- a virus, as rabies, obtained from a naturally infected animal and usually virulent, as opposed to a laboratory-attenuated strain.
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Origin of street virus
First recorded in 1910–15
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street virus
(strēt)- The virulent rabies virus from a rabid domestic animal that has contracted the disease from a bite or scratch of another animal.
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