Concept information
Preferred term
Immunity, Herd
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Community Immunities
- Community Immunity
- Herd Immunity
- Immunity, Community
- Immunity, Population
- Population Immunity
Note
- human & animal
Scope note
- The state of a community in which a significant proportion of its population becomes immune to an infectious disease, and the risk of person-to-person transmission decreases. Individuals who are not immune and susceptible are indirectly protected because ongoing disease spread is very small.
History note
- 2003
In other languages
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Finnish
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joukkoimmuniteetti
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Swedish
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Immunitet, grupp
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D032521
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