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UK
/væksˈɪniə/
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[ US /vəˈtʃiniə/ ]
[ US /vəˈtʃiniə/ ]
NOUN
- a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
- a viral disease of cattle causing a mild skin disease affecting the udder; formerly used to inoculate humans against smallpox
How To Use vaccinia In A Sentence
- British research has found that the vaccinia poxvirus spreads infection by jumping from one cell to another before it finds an uninfected cell. WN.com - Articles related to Avian flu spreads, 125,751 birds culled in Bengal
- To overcome this poor responsiveness, recombinant poxvirus vectors, including vaccinia, fowlpox and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), can be genetically engineered to express one or more tumor-associated antigens to greatly enhance the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells bearing any of the targeted antigens. ® and CV-301 are prime-boost vaccines, sequentially combining two different poxviruses (vaccinia and fowlpox). Reuters: Press Release
- In collaboration with my colleague Jörg Schlehofer, we were also able to demonstrate that herpes simplex virus, but also other herpes -, adeno -, and vaccinia virus infections of polyoma - or papillomavirus DNA harbouring cells, resulted in amplification of the DNA of the latter. Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography
- From 6000 to 7000 feet, plants of the temperate regions blend with the tropical; such as rhododendron, oak, ivy, geranium, berberry, clematis, and shrubby _Vaccinia, _ which all made their appearance at Loongtoong, another Bhoteea village. Himalayan Journals — Complete
- The vaccine is freeze-dried, live vaccinia virus, a poxvirus related to smallpox virus.
- Most of that would be vaccinia encephalitis, which is a inflammation of the brain. CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002
- Then the immune-impaired and those susceptible to vaccinia complications could be inoculated against vaccinia while everyone else is inoculated against smallpox.
- Patients with inflammatory eye diseases are at risk for ocular vaccinial diseases, including blepharitis, iritis, and keratitis.
- At the end of the 1700s, Jenner realized that people who had contracted cowpox, or ‘vaccinia,’ didn't get smallpox.
- Turner 18 worked with neurovirulent strains of vaccinia virus and has already suggested that infection of the central nervous system could occur directly via the nasal mucosa and cribriform plate.
