Attenuated Live Vaccine

Preferred Label : Attenuated Live Vaccine;

NCIt synonyms : LAV; Live Attenuated Vaccine;

NCIt definition : Any vaccine created by reducing the virulence of the infectious agent but still keeping the agent viable (live). In the production of an attenuated vaccine, the infectious agent is altered so that it becomes harmless or less virulent. This is in contrast to those vaccines produced by killing the pathogen (inactivated vaccine).;

Details

Origin ID

C97116;

UMLS CUI

C0042211;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- LAV [EDAM format]
- live attenuated vaccine [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Immunologic Factor [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- vaccines, attenuated [MeSH concept]
- vaccines, attenuated [MeSH Descriptor]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Immunization Terminology [NCIt concept]

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