measles vaccine

measles vaccine
1. measles virus v. live. 2. a modified live virus vaccine of canine tissue culture origin, used to induce resistance to canine distemper in 3- to 6-week-old puppies in which response to canine distemper vaccine would be neutralized because of interference by maternal antibody.

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