vesicular stomatitis

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. a disease of horses, swine, and cattle, similar in its symptoms to foot-and-mouth disease, and characterized by blisters on the lips, snout, and oral mucous membranes.

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Etymology

Origin of vesicular stomatitis

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

She made nearly 950 changes, hoping to modify the coronavirus gene just enough to take the place of a similar gene belonging to a benign virus: the vesicular stomatitis virus, or VSV.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2020

Related vaccines, such as one against Ebola using the vesicular stomatitis virus as a vehicle, can copy themselves, which increases the risk of side effects or illness due to the vehicle.

From Nature • Jul. 20, 2020

It consists of a live but harmless vesicular stomatitis virus engineered to carry a gene for an Ebola surface protein.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 25, 2019

That shot consists of Ebola surface proteins spliced to a live virus that causes the livestock disease vesicular stomatitis.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2018

The Merck and Profectus Ebola vaccines are made from vesicular stomatitis virus, or V.S.V., which causes a mouth disease in cattle but rarely infects people.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2015