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 Their vaccine uses a virus called a vesicular stomatitis virus, engineered to be harmless, to express spike proteins.
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Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, "Federal spending on COVID-19 vaccine candidates tops $9 billion, spread among 7 companies," 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.
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Helen Branswell, Scientific American, "Ebola Vaccine Approved in Europe in Landmark Moment," 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.
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Helen Branswell, STAT, "Ebola vaccine approved in Europe in landmark moment in fight against a deadly disease," 11 Nov. 2019 The first case of vesicular stomatitis in Colorado this year was reported July 3 in Weld County.
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Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Virus making horses ill spreads to 11 Colorado counties; Larimer hit hardest," 26 July 2019 The state livestock board says vesicular stomatitis cases have been confirmed in Valencia, Sandoval, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties.
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USA TODAY, "Saving whales, Manson murder house: News from around our 50 states," 17 July 2019 Consider the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), a less dangerous member of the same viral family as rabies.
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Quanta Magazine, "Viruses Have a Secret, Altruistic Social Life," 15 Apr. 2019 One stood out: a vaccine made by re-engineering a virus that causes a disease called vesicular stomatitis.
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Adam Rogers, WIRED, "An Ebola Vaccine Gets Its First Real-World Test," 21 May 2018 That shot consists of Ebola surface proteins spliced to a live virus that causes the livestock disease vesicular stomatitis.
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Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "Everything You Need to Know about the Ebola Vaccine," 17 May 2018
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The first known use of vesicular stomatitis was circa 1903
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