smallpox vaccine

smallpox vaccine
[USP] a live viral vaccine prepared from vaccinia virus grown in the skin of a vaccinated bovine calf; used for immunization against smallpox, administered by scarification. Now recommended only for laboratory workers exposed to smallpox virus; certain countries continue to vaccinate those in the military forces. Complications that result from smallpox vaccination include vaccinia, secondary bacterial infections, and encephalomyelitis.

Smallpox vaccination, primary reaction.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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