vesicular stomatitis

noun

Definition of vesicular stomatitis

: an acute viral disease especially of various domesticated animals (such as horses and cows) that resembles foot-and-mouth disease, is marked by erosive blisters in and about the mouth, and is caused by any of three rhabdoviruses (species Vesicular stomatitis Alagoas virus, Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus, and Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus of the genus Vesiculovirus) which sometimes infect humans producing flu-like symptoms

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Recent Examples on the Web The second shot used another virus, called vesicular stomatitis virus. — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2021 Their vaccine uses a virus called a vesicular stomatitis virus, engineered to be harmless, to express spike proteins. — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020 Rose and colleagues in his lab genetically modified a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) that infects livestock but that doesn’t cause illness in people. — Helen Branswell, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2019 Rose and colleagues in his lab genetically modified a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) that infects livestock but that doesn’t cause illness in people. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 Nov. 2019 The first case of vesicular stomatitis in Colorado this year was reported July 3 in Weld County. — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 26 July 2019 The state livestock board says vesicular stomatitis cases have been confirmed in Valencia, Sandoval, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties. — USA TODAY, 17 July 2019 Consider the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), a less dangerous member of the same viral family as rabies. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2019 One stood out: a vaccine made by re-engineering a virus that causes a disease called vesicular stomatitis. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 21 May 2018

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vesicular stomatitis

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Medical Definition of vesicular stomatitis

: an acute virus disease especially of various domesticated animals (as horses and cows) that resembles foot-and-mouth disease, that is marked by erosive blisters in and about the mouth, and that is caused by any of three single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae (genus Vesiculovirus) which sometimes infect humans producing symptoms resembling influenza