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A benefit–cost analysis of different response scenarios to COVID‐19: A case study
Health Science Reports, 2021 Background This paper compares the direct benefits to the State of Western Australia from employing a “suppression” policy response to the COVID‐19 pandemic rather than a “herd immunity” approach.
David C. Cook +2 more
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Global control of COVID-19: good vaccines may not suffice
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled health and socioeconomic inequities around the globe. Effective epidemic control requires the achievement of herd immunity, where susceptible individuals are conferred indirect protection by being surrounded by ...
Javier Eslava-Schmalbach +2 more
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Cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate: a case study for Colombia [PDF]
, 2018 Background: A number of Zika vaccine platforms are currently being investigated, some of which have entered clinical trials. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate under the WHO Vaccine Target Product Profile ...
Moghadas, Seyed +2 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We investigated what proportion of the population acquired severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and whether the herd immunity threshold has been reached in 10 communities in Qatar.
A. Jeremijenko +30 more
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CRISPR-based herd immunity can limit phage epidemics in bacterial populations
eLife, 2018 Herd immunity, a process in which resistant individuals limit the spread of a pathogen among susceptible hosts has been extensively studied in eukaryotes.
Pavel Payne +3 more
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Herd immunity in COVID-19: Needs de-emphasizing
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022 Despite the evolving science on Covid-19 pointing to the contrary, the concept of Herd immunity continues to influence decision making in this pandemic.
Sunil Kumar Raina, Raman Kumar
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Transmission-Blocking Vaccines: Harnessing Herd Immunity for Malaria Elimination
Expert Review of Vaccines, 2021 Introduction Transmission-blocking vaccines (TBV) prevent community spread of malaria by targeting mosquito sexual stage parasites, a life-cycle bottleneck, and will be used in elimination programs. TBV rely on herd immunity to reduce mosquito infections
P. Duffy
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The Effect of Social Distancing on the Reach of an Epidemic in Social Networks
, 2021 How does social distancing affect the reach of an epidemic in social networks? We present Monte Carlo simulation results of a capacity constrained Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) model.
Gutin, Gregory +4 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Although vaccination is carried out worldwide, the vaccination rate varies greatly. As of 24 May 2021, in some countries, the proportion of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has exceeded 50%, but in many countries, this proportion is still
Yi-Tui Chen
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Science, 2020 Heterogeneity and herd immunity In response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), some politicians have been keen to exploit the idea of achieving herd immunity.
T. Britton, F. Ball, Pieter Trapman
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