vesicular stomatitis
nounDefinition 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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The state livestock board says vesicular stomatitis cases have been confirmed in Valencia, Sandoval, Los Alamos and Santa Fe counties. — 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. — 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. — 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. — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, "Everything You Need to Know about the Ebola Vaccine," 17 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vesicular stomatitis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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