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Meanings of herd effect in English

Russian
популяционный иммунитет
Portuguese
imunidade de grupo
Catalan
immunitat de grup
Spanish
inmunidad colectiva
Wikidata

Protection from infectious disease that occurs when a sufficient fraction of a population has become immune (through vaccination or previous infections)

        популяционный иммунитет
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        Examples for "herd immunity"
        Examples for "herd immunity"
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        Health authorities say the country has lost herd immunity against the disease.
        Radio NZ
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        Second, vaccination would likely elicit herd immunity, which would benefit all ages.
        The Guardian
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        And that's one of the huge problems of attaining herd immunity naturally.
        News.com.au
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        Normally herd immunity is achieved by vaccinating people, not through deliberate infection.
        News.com.au
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        And hopes of a natural ' herd immunity' forming among survivors may be fading.
        News.com.au
        1
        At the time, California's vaccination rates were below the 94 percent threshold needed to establish community immunity for measles.
        Wired
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        A much better term is " community immunity".
        The Irish Times
        3
        Call it community immunity.
        Wired
        1
        It is crucially important that high levels of population immunity are maintained against polio in the foreseeable future.
        Pubmed
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        The level of population immunity to the lineage of Zika in Asia remains unknown, according to the World Health Organization.
        Reuters
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        Such an event is a potential global health concern because of the waning population immunity to H2 hemagglutinin (HA).
        Pubmed
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        AM: First of all can I just say that it's actually a very complex inter relationship between the vectors, temperature, climate, and population immunities.
        Radio NZ
        1
        Our findings suggest a transmissible RNA pathway, playing a role in social immunity and signaling between members of the hive.
        Pubmed
        Usage of herd effect in English
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        However, the herd effect (HE) depends both on the HPV type and the vaccination strategy.
        Pubmed