herd immunity
noun/ˈhəːd ɪˈmjuːnɪti/UK/ˈhɚd ɪˈmjunəti/US
Etymology
From herd + immunity, first identified in herds of cattle.
Definitions
The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population…
The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination.
- It is likely that many animals in affected herds have developed an inapparent or nonclinical form of the disease because there have been no records of recurrence of the disease on the same farm—an indication that a herd immunity developed.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for herd immunity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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