National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

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. Live-attenuated vaccines are used when a CD8+ T Cell (cellular cytotoxicity) response is desired.
Synonyms
Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine
Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine
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