Virus
vaccinia virus
[ vak-sin-ee-uh vahy-ruhs ]
Brand Names:
Jynneos
More Information:
ChemID; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to vaccinia virus:
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Vaccinia virus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • DNA viruses used in several biotechnology applications, including expression vector systems.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Does not occur in nature, propagated in the laboratory for use as an active vaccine against smallpox; possibly a derivative or recombinant of cowpox or smallpox viruses; used experimentally as a vector for genes expressing foreign protein antigens.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The type species of ORTHOPOXVIRUS, related to COWPOX VIRUS, but whose true origin is unknown. It has been used as a live vaccine against SMALLPOX. It is also used as a vector for inserting foreign DNA into animals. Rabbitpox virus is a subspecies of VACCINIA VIRUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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