Modified vaccinia Ankara
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modified-vaccinia-ankara-204-12200206
title:
Modified vaccinia Ankara
text:
Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is an attenuated (weakened) strain of the vaccinia virus. It is being used as a vaccine against smallpox and mpox, having fewer side effects than smallpox vaccines derived from other poxviruses. This third-generation smallpox vaccine has the advantage that it cannot reproduce complete virions in human cells, "the block of the MVA life cycle occurs at the step of virion assembly resulting in assembly of immature virus particles that are not released from the infecte
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Vaccine against smallpox and mpox
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified_vaccinia_Ankara
date created:
2005-07-18T13:10:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:43:17Z
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