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Analyzing natural herd immunity media discourse in the United Kingdom and the United States.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 Natural herd immunity, where community-acquired infections in low-risk populations are used to protect high risk populations from infection-has seen high profile support in some quarters, including through the Great Barrington Declaration.
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Vaccines, 2023 The emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has raised concerns about the ability of COVID-19 vaccination programs to establish adequate herd immunity levels in the population.
Pedro Plans-Rubió
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COVID-19 herd immunity in the absence of a vaccine: an irresponsible approach [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2021 As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread rapidly throughout the human population, the concept of “herd immunity” has attracted the attention of both decision-makers and the general public.
Jade Khalife, Derrick VanGennep
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The herd-immunity threshold must be updated for multi-vaccine strategies and multiple variants
Scientific Reports, 2021 Several vaccines with different efficacies and effectivenesses are currently being distributed across the world to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Having enough doses from the most efficient vaccines in a short time is not possible for all countries ...
Iraj Yadegari +2 more
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Herd Immunity and Measles [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2015 The term “herd immunity” is an immunization concept that refers to a means of protecting a whole population from an infectious disease by immunizing a certain percent of a population. Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease.
Ferit KUŞÇU, Emin Ediz TÜTÜNCÜ
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Iceland targets herd immunity. [PDF]
New Sci, 2022 The country's new covid-19 strategy aims for "widespread societal resistance" to the virus, but most experts think this cannot be achieved, reports Clare Wilson.
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Combating COVID-19 pandemic in India: Demystifying the concept of herd immunity
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 The concept of Herd immunity is a key factor for epidemic control. According to it only a proportion of entire population needs to be immune either via natural infection or vaccination.
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Vaccines, 2020 Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed two-dose measles vaccination coverage of at least 95% of the population and percentages of measles immunity in the population of 85%−95% in order to achieve measles elimination in Europe.
Pedro Plans-Rubió
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Cervical Cancer Screening in Partly HPV Vaccinated Cohorts - A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Vaccination against the oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 will reduce the prevalence of these types, thereby also reducing cervical cancer risk in unvaccinated women.
Steffie K Naber +5 more
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Understanding Herd Immunity [PDF]
Trends in Immunology, 2015 Individual immunity is a powerful force affecting host health and pathogen evolution. Importantly, the effects of individual immunity also scale up to affect pathogen transmission dynamics and the success of vaccination campaigns for entire host populations. Population-scale immunity is often termed 'herd immunity'.
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