| herd immunity |
Resistance of a population to spread of an infectious organism due to the immunity of a high proportion of the population.
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| herd immunity |
immunity characteristics of a population. Depends both on immune function of individuals within the population and on the rate of transmission amongst individuals.
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| herd immunity |
The immunity of a group or community. The resistance of a group to invasion and spread of an infectious agent, based on the resistance to infection of a high proportion of individual members of the group.
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