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variola vaccine

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Noun1.variola vaccine - a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpoxvariola vaccine - a local infection induced in humans by inoculation with the virus causing cowpox in order to confer resistance to smallpox; normally lasts three weeks and leaves a pitted scar
vaccina, vaccinia, variola vaccina, variola vaccinia
progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa - a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion
infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variola vaccine, a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cowpox.
Cowpox with severe generalized eruption, Finland by Vapalahti, Olli / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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