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
These can cause rare but life-threatening side effects such as encephalitis or progressive vaccinia, the spread of the vaccine virus to the whole body, to which immunocompromised people are vulnerable.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 7, 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
The older writers, indeed, bestowed no little attention upon what they considered to be not irregular forms of vaccinia, but distinct affections with which it was liable to be confounded.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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