immunity, herd

Preferred Label : immunity, herd;

MeSH definition : The non-susceptibility to infection of a large group of individuals in a population. A variety of factors can be responsible for herd immunity and this gives rise to the different definitions used in the literature. Most commonly, herd immunity refers to the case when, if most of the population is immune, infection of a single individual will not cause an epidemic. Also, in such immunized populations, susceptible individuals are not likely to become infected. Herd immunity can also refer to the case when unprotected individuals fail to contract a disease because the infecting organism has been banished from the population.; The state of a community in which a significant proportion of its population becomes immune to an infectious disease, and the risk of person-to-person transmission decreases. Individuals who are not immune and susceptible are indirectly protected because ongoing disease spread is very small.;

MeSH synonym : herd immunity; Population Immunity; Immunity, Population; Community Immunity; Community Immunities; Immunity, Community;

MeSH annotation : human & animal;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunity, herd;

Details

Origin ID

D032521;

UMLS CUI

C1135927;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Herd Immunity [NCIt concept]
- herd immunity [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- immunity, herd [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Herd Immunity [NCIt concept]

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