vaccinia
Americannoun
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a variant of the cowpox virus that became established in vaccines derived from cowpox-inoculated humans.
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Pathology. an acute infection caused by inoculation with vaccinia virus as a prophylactic against smallpox, characterized by localized pustular eruptions.
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Etymology
Origin of vaccinia
From New Latin, dating back to 1800–10; see origin at vaccine, -ia
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This vaccine is also based on vaccinia virus, however the version of the vaccinia virus in the ACAM2000 vaccine is able to replicate in a person’s cells.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 8, 2022
The Jynneos vaccine is given in two doses four weeks apart and contains a live vaccinia virus.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2022
“With smallpox eradicated in 1980, it disappeared into the freezer,” says Gerd Sutter, a virologist at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, who has studied Mayr’s vaccinia strain for decades.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2022
In 1959, German microbiologist Anton Mayr took a strain of vaccinia, a poxvirus used to inoculate against smallpox, and started to grow it in cells taken from chicken embryos.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 2022
It is only when we contrast the loathsomeness and danger of smallpox with the mildness and safety of vaccinia and varioloid that we grasp the greatness of the work which Jenner did for mankind.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
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