Herd immunity and herd effect: new insights and definitions
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 16 (7) , 601-606
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007626510002
Abstract
The term herd immunity has been used by various authors to conform to different definitions. Earlier this situation had been identified but not corrected. We propose that it should have precise...Keywords
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