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How Herd Immunity Works | |
File name | How Herd Immunity Works |
File Description | Herd immunity (or community immunity) describes a form of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a significant portion of a population (or herd) provides a measure of protection for individuals who have not developed immunity. Herd immunity theory proposes that, in contagious diseases that are transmitted from individual to individual, chains of infection are likely to be disrupted when large numbers of a population are immune or less susceptible to the disease. The greater the proportion of individuals who are resistant, the smaller the probability that a susceptible individual will come into contact with an infectious individual. |
Category Name | Public Health |
Subject Name | Epidemiology |
Module Name | Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
Micro Category Name | Herd immunity |
Level | Masters |
File Type | Video |
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