cross protection

noun

1. botany the protection against a viral infection given to a plant by its prior inoculation with a related but milder virus

Example Sentences

"This is what we meant when we wrote the fusion peptide vaccine would likely be 'evolution resistant.' Because of the broad cross protection, a further implication might be that a fusion peptide vaccine might be able to protect against many different coronaviruses."

From Salon

This could originate from cross protection derived from standard childhood vaccinations.

From Washington Post

Seasonal flu shots contain three to four strains of flu virus, because there isn't much "cross protection" between strains, Schaffner said.

From Scientific American

“Just as the fourth Geneva convention recognised that the protection of civilians required the active involvement of the Red Cross, protection against nation-state cyber-attacks requires the active assistance of technology companies,” he wrote on the company’s blog in February.

From The Guardian

“And just as the Fourth Geneva Convention recognized that the protection of civilians required the active involvement of the Red Cross, protection against nation-state cyberattacks requires the active assistance of technology companies.”

From Washington Times