| attenuated virus |
one whose pathogenicity has been reduced by serial animal passage or by other means.
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| attenuated virus |
weakened. Attenuated viruses are often used as vaccines because they can no longer produce disease but still stimulate a strong immune response, like that to the natural virus. Examples of attenuated virus vaccines include oral polio, measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines.
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