live attenuated vaccine

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Vaccine prepared from living attenuated organisms or from viruses that have been attenuated but can still replicate in the cells of the host organism.
Note: The live attenuated vaccine contains a version of living bacteria or viruses that have been weakened (attenuated) so they can no longer cause disease. Since they are very close to the actual infection, they can cause strong cell and antibody responses.
See also: attenuated vaccine
Source:
PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. (IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)) on page 1203 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'live attenuated vaccine' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.13391 RIS BibTex EndNote
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