Achieving and sustaining herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Shelly Bolotin, Sarah E. Wilson, Michelle Murti
Abstract
The herd immunity threshold is the minimum proportion of the population that must be immune to an infectious disease, usually due to vaccination, for the incidence of the disease to remain stable or decrease.[1][1] The herd immunity threshold for measles, one of the most infectious diseases, is
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Herd immunityMeaslesImmunityVaccinationHerdIncidence (geometry)MedicineImmunologyPopulationInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseImmune systemVirologyEnvironmental healthVeterinary medicineInternal medicineMathematicsGeometrySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchVaccine Coverage and HesitancyVirology and Viral Diseases