varicella zoster virus

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
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He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
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By May 27, five people had succumbed to the virus and 16 more were infected.
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The current FDA-approved measles vaccine consists of live but weakened measles virus that is injected into the arm.
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The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.
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If there is neuritis from the virus it becomes intense and causes muscular contractions, paresis, and paralysis.
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(p. 442) But it was the more poisonous virus of Secession which finally laid their proud city low.
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The scientists of Sator knew that the virus was virulent; in fact, too virulent for its own good.
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They knew that shortly after every Nansalian died, the virus, too, would be dead.
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It killed the host every time, and the virus could not live outside a living cell.
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Medical definitions for varicella zoster virus

varicella-zoster virus

A herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.chickenpox virus herpes zoster virus