| IBV | infectious bronchitis vaccine; infectious bronchitis virus |
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| IPV | inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine or virus; infectious pustular vaginitis; infectious pustular vulvo... |
| ISCO | immunostimulating complex [vaccine] |
| IVV | influenza virus vaccine; intravenous vasopressin |
| KMV | killed measles virus vaccine |
| flu vaccine | The flu (influenza) vaccine is recommended for persons at high risk for serious complications from influenza infection, including everyone 65 or over; people with chronic diseases of the heart, lung or kidneys, diabetes, immunosuppression, or severe forms of anaemia; residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities, children and teenagers on long-term aspirin therapy (and who may therefore be at risk for developing Reye syndrome after an influenza infection), and those in close or frequent contact with anyone at high risk. Persons with an allergy to eggs should not receive influenza vaccine. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| live oral poliovirus vaccine | Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), an aqueous suspension of inactivated strains of poliomyelitis virus (types 1, 2, and 3) used by injection; has largely been replaced by the oral vaccine. See: Salk vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| live vaccine | Vaccine prepared from living, attenuated organisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low-egg-passage vaccine | See: rabies vaccine, Flury strain egg-passage. (05 Mar 2000) |