Attenuated by (contextual qualifier)

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0332161

NCI: Weakened or thinned. Attenuated strains of disease-causing bacteria and viruses are often used as vaccines. The weakened strains are used as vaccines because they stimulate a protective immune response while causing no disease or only mild disease in the person receiving the vaccine.,CCC: Condition changed and/or recovered

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