Role of Herd Immunity in Determining the Effect of Vaccines against Sexually Transmitted Disease
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 191 (s1) , S97-S106
- https://doi.org/10.1086/425271
Abstract
BackgroundVaccination programs provide both direct protection to those immunized and herd immunity, which is indirect protection of those who remainKeywords
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