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Herd immunity: Deadly or defensive
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 Sameena Khan +3 more
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Current Biology, 2021 Herd immunity is an important yet often misunderstood concept in epidemiology. As immunity accumulates in a population - naturally during the course of an epidemic or through vaccination - the spread of an infectious disease is limited by the depletion of susceptible hosts.
Ashby, Ben, Best, Alex
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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.
Marco Zenone +3 more
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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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Can Africa achieve herd immunity?
Global Health Research and Policy, 2021 The World Health Organization described herd immunity, also known as population immunity, as the indirect fortification from an infectious disease that happens when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous ...
Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno +5 more
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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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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.
Neha Sharma +5 more
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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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