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Meanings of population immunity in English
A form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, whether through infection or vaccination, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune.
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It is crucially important that high levels of population immunity are maintained against polio in the foreseeable future.
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The level of population immunity to the lineage of Zika in Asia remains unknown, according to the World Health Organization.
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Such an event is a potential global health concern because of the waning population immunity to H2 hemagglutinin (HA).
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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.