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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014613
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014613
Preferred Name

Vaccines, Attenuated

Definitions
Live vaccines prepared from microorganisms which have undergone physical adaptation (e.g., by radiation or temperature conditioning) or serial passage in laboratory animal hosts or infected tissue/cell cultures, in order to produce avirulent mutant strains capable of inducing protective immunity.
Synonyms
Attenuated Vaccine
Attenuated Vaccines
Vaccine, Attenuated
Vaccines, Live, Attenuated
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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