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Achieving COVID‐19 herd immunity in Rwanda, Africa
Public Health Challenges, 2023 The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to global healthcare systems, including Rwanda's. Rwanda has taken measured actions in response to the pandemic using a multisectoral and one‐government approach.
Theogene Uwizeyimana +5 more
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Herd Immunity: Understanding COVID-19 [PDF]
Immunity, 2020 The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its associated disease, COVID-19, has demonstrated the devastating impact of a novel, infectious pathogen on a susceptible population. Here, we explain the basic concepts of herd immunity and discuss its implications in the context of COVID-19.
Randolph, Haley E., Barreiro, Luis B.
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Great Expectations of COVID-19 Herd Immunity
mBio, 2022 There is a common preconception that reaching an estimated herd immunity threshold through vaccination will end the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the mathematical models underpinning this estimate make numerous assumptions that may not be met in the real ...
Luca T. Giurgea, David M. Morens
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Percentages of Vaccination Coverage Required to Establish Herd Immunity against SARS-CoV-2
Vaccines, 2022 The pandemic associated with SARS-CoV-2 is a worldwide public health challenge. The WHO has proposed to achieve 70% COVID-19 vaccination coverage in all countries by mid-2022.
Pedro Plans-Rubió
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Of Cross-immunity, Herd Immunity and Country-specific Plans: Experiences from COVID-19 in India. [PDF]
Aging Dis, 2020 India has witnessed a high number of COVID-19 cases, but mortality has been quite low, and most cases have been asymptomatic or mild. In early April, we had hypothesized a low COVID-19 mortality in India, based on the concept of cross-immunity.
Chakrabarti SS +11 more
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SARS-CoV-2 variants: Relevance for symptom granularity, epidemiology, immunity (herd, vaccines), virus origin and containment? [PDF]
Environ Microbiol, 2020 Summary The origin of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus remains enigmatic. It is likely to be a continuum resulting from inevitable mutations and recombination events. These genetic changes keep developing in the present epidemic.
Danchin A, Timmis K.
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COVID-19: Cross Reactive Immunity, Herd Immunity, and Convalescent Serum Therapy
Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 2021 Objective: To present various types of vaccines and viral infections which can induce cross-reactive immunity against COVID-19. In addition, this article discusses the role of herd immunity and convalescent serum therapy in preventing and controlling ...
N. Ibrahim, Hala Abubaker A. Bagabir
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Herd Immunity to Fight Against COVID-19: A Narrative Review
Cureus, 2023 The advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its consequent illness, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has revealed the severe impact of new, contagious pathogens on the population throughout the globe.
Yasha N Suryawanshi, D. Biswas
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Herd immunity, vaccination and moral obligation
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2023 The public health benefits of herd immunity are often used as the justification for coercive vaccine policies. Yet, ‘herd immunity’ as a term has multiple referents, which can result in ambiguity, including regarding its role in ethical arguments.
Matthew Bullen +2 more
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Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 2023 As of May 2022, a new outbreak of the human monkeypox (MPOX) disease appeared in multiple countries, where the 2022 human MPOX disease spread to more than 109 cases, excluding the suspected cases up to the end of 2022.
M. Al‐Raeei
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