National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

Synonyms

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

Live Attenuated Viral 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.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1920

code

C1920

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C96388

Contributing_Source

NICHD

DEFINITION

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.

FULL_SYN

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

Live Attenuated Viral Vaccine

label

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

Legacy Concept Name

Attenuated_Live_Virus_Vaccine

Preferred_Name

Attenuated Live Virus Vaccine

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C1920

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

Immunologic Factor

UMLS_CUI

C1516086

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C97116

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C96404

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