- ACAM2000
- (akґam) trademark for a preparation of smallpox vaccine.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ACAM2000
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ACAM2000 — is a smallpox vaccine developed by [http://www.acambis.com/ Acambis] . It was approved for use in the United States in 2007. It contains live vaccinia virus, cloned from the same strain used in an earlier vaccine, DryVax. While the DryVax virus… … Wikipedia
Dryvax — is a freeze dried calf lymph smallpox vaccine. It is the world s oldest smallpox vaccine, created in the late 19th century by American Home Products, a predecessor of Wyeth. By the 1940s, Wyeth was the leading US manufacturer of the vaccine and… … Wikipedia
Smallpox vaccine — The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine ever to be developed. It was first perfected in 1796 by Edward Jenner who acted upon the observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus did not catch smallpox. Before smallpox… … Wikipedia
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smallpox — /smawl poks /, n. Pathol. an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars: eradicated worldwide by vaccination programs. [1510 20; SMALL … Universalium
