Definitions for "SV40"
Simian Virus 40, a monkey virus that contaminated the polio vaccine administered to 98 million Americans from 1955 to 1963, and has been associated with a number of rare human cancers. One controversial theory links SV40 to mesothelioma.
Tumorigenic monkey virus. It contaminated batches of IPV and OPV in the fifties and early sixties.
A virus found in monkeys. It may be linked to human mesothelioma and other cancers. The virus was a contaminant of polio vaccines in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s.