prevaccine en · ADJ
Etymology
From pre- + vaccine.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Before a vaccine, or before the use of vaccines generally.
In the European countries and United States of America it is estimated that RV is responsible for 30%-50% of hospitalizations due to acute gastroenteritis among infants and young children in the prevaccine era.
2015 July 28, “Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in a Neonatal Unit of a Greek Tertiary Hospital: Clinical Characteristics and Genotypes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: