prevaccine
Prior to inoculation
Prevaccine describes the period or conditions before vaccination became available or widespread: prevaccine mortality rates, the prevaccine era.
The term appears most often in medical and public health contexts, comparing disease outcomes before and after immunization programs: Prevaccine, measles killed thousands of children annually.
Deadly pustular viral infection
- polioParalytic viral infection
- measlesContagious viral rash illness
- mumpsViral gland inflammation
- rubellaViral illness with rash
tetanus · diphtheria · pertussis · tuberculosis · hepatitis · meningitis · influenza · yellow fever
Therapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
- poulticeMoist healing application
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
quarantine · sanatorium · isolation · inoculation · tonic · elixir · miasma · trepanation
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- contagionDisease spread by contact
infant mortality · child mortality · death toll · mass graves · decimation · pestilence · scourge · endemic
Acquired resistance through exposure
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
- innateExisting since birth
- acquiredCame to possess
maternal · susceptibility · resistance · immunocompetence · exposure · naive · unprotected · defenseless
smallpox
Deadly pustular viral infection
rubella · tetanus · diphtheria · pertussis · tuberculosis · hepatitis · meningitis · influenza · yellow fever · whooping cough
bloodletting
Therapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
- poulticeMoist healing application
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
apothecary · quarantine · sanatorium · isolation · inoculation · tonic · elixir · miasma · trepanation · barber-surgeon
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
contagion · infant mortality · child mortality · death toll · mass graves · decimation · pestilence · scourge · endemic · virulence
natural immunity
Acquired resistance through exposure
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
- innateExisting since birth
acquired · maternal · susceptibility · resistance · immunocompetence · exposure · naive · unprotected · defenseless · vulnerable
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
Jenner · cowpox · milkmaid · smallpox eradication · iron lung · colonial · Victorian · medieval · plague doctor · folklore
prevaccinepostvaccine
After receiving inoculation
vaccinated · immunized · post-vaccine · postvaccination · postimmunization
pre, vaccine, vaccinate, vaccination, vaccinated, vaccinating, vaccinator, vaccines, antivaccine