avianise
/ˈeɪviənaɪz/
verb
- To cause (a virus or other microorganism) to become adapted to birds, often by passing it through bird hosts, typically to weaken it for use in a vaccine.
- The lab team worked to avianise the flu virus so it could be used in a poultry vaccine.
- Scientists avianise certain pathogens to study how they evolve in bird populations.
- To create a safer vaccine, they had to avianise the strain by growing it in chicken eggs.
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