"Immunity, Herd" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The non-susceptibility to infection of a large group of individuals in a population. A variety of factors can be responsible for herd immunity and this gives rise to the different definitions used in the literature. Most commonly, herd immunity refers to the case when, if most of the population is immune, infection of a single individual will not cause an epidemic. Also, in such immunized populations, susceptible individuals are not likely to become infected. Herd immunity can also refer to the case when unprotected individuals fail to contract a disease because the infecting organism has been banished from the population.
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D032521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G12.450.400
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Immunity, Herd" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Critical Outcomes Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19-VISION Network, 10 States, June 2021-March 2023. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 02 17; 78(2):338-348.
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Health Care Workers Need COVID-19 Vaccination: Clinical, Public Health, and Ethical Considerations. Am J Med. 2021 12; 134(12):1437-1439.
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Geographical disparities in human papillomavirus herd protection. Cancer Med. 2020 07; 9(14):5272-5280.
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Lack of Measles Vaccination of a Few Portends Future Epidemics and Vaccination of Many. Am J Med. 2019 09; 132(9):1005-1006.
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Change in Human Papillomavirus Prevalence Among U.S. Women Aged 18-59 Years, 2009-2014. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 10; 130(4):693-701.
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Countering Vaccine Hesitancy. Pediatrics. 2016 09; 138(3).
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Direct and indirect effectiveness of influenza vaccination delivered to children at school preceding an epidemic caused by 3 new influenza virus variants. J Infect Dis. 2010 Dec 01; 202(11):1626-33.
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Universal influenza vaccination and live attenuated influenza vaccination of children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Oct; 27(10 Suppl):S104-9.
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Hepatitis A and B vaccination and public health. J Viral Hepat. 2007 Nov; 14 Suppl 1:1-5.
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Efficacy of trivalent, cold-adapted, influenza virus vaccine against influenza A (Fujian), a drift variant, during 2003-2004. Vaccine. 2007 May 16; 25(20):4038-45.