Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: herd immunity

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herd immunity Aug 31st 2011, 03:05 Created page with "==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # {{epidemiology}} The protection given to a community against an epidemic of a contagious disease when a suffici..." New page ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # {{epidemiology}} The protection given to a community against an [[epidemic]] of a [[contagious]] [[disease]] when a sufficient number of the population are [[immunise]]d or otherwise develop immunity to it. #* '''2006''', Warren Levinson, ''Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_80CUAd_ikC&pg=PA247&dq=%22herd+immunity%22&hl=en&ei=UqBdTqz-O7HWiALFx8WzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q=%22herd%20immunity%22&f=false page 247], #*: For '''herd immunity''' to occur, the vaccine must prevent transmission of the virus as well as prevent disease. #* '''2009''', Ray M. Merrill, ''Introduction to Epidemiology'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=RMDBh6gw1_UC&pg=PA65&dq=%22herd+immunity%22&hl=en&ei=k5pdTo2PBu_RiAKWze2yBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22herd%20immunity%22&f=false page 65], #*: '''Herd immunity''' is also viewed as the resistance a population has to the invasion and spread of an infectious disease. #* '''2011''', D. Caroline Coile, ''Pomeranians For Dummies'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=5Sdyzmixkg0C&pg=PT166&dq=%22herd+immunity%22&hl=en&ei=dJ1dTtfhBYvYiALjhpCzBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22herd%20immunity%22&f=false unnumbered page], #*: Don't hedge your bets on '''herd immunity''' #*: Some proponents of natural rearing condemn vaccinations; they prefer using homeopathic ''nosodes'' (medicine prepared from the diseased part or discharge of something, which supposedly works as well as vaccination). These people point to their dogs' good health as proof that nosodes work. However, their good fortune is probably the result of '''''herd immunity''''', that is, as long as most dogs are vaccinated, the unvaccinated dogs rarely come in contact with the infectious agents. ====Derived terms==== * [[herd immunity threshold]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|protection of a community by immunisation of individuals}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}}

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