herd immunity in a sentence

Examples

1. This decrease occurred because of herd immunity; children infected with Hib carry the bacteria in their nasal passages while clearing the infection.
2. :Not only the child either, but as has been noted you're endangering the population as a whole by reducing its herd immunity.
3. He has recently completed studies of herd immunity produced by immunizing school children against influenza and school-located immunization programs led by private physicians.
4. According to the concepts of herd immunity this population whom the vaccine fails, are still protected by the immunity of those around them.
5. Herd immunity refers to the idea that the pathogen will have trouble spreading when a significant part of the population has immunity against it.
6. While the vaccine had shown 100 % efficacy in individuals, more conclusive evidence was needed regarding its capacity to protect populations through herd immunity.
7. Protection generated from passive immunity is immediate but wanes over the course of weeks to months, so any contribution to herd immunity is temporary.
8. To achieve herd immunity through vaccination, vaccine manufacturers aim to produce vaccines with low failure rates and policy makers aim to encourage their use.
9. Parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated are basically counting on the fact that most children are immunized, conferring a kind of herd immunity.
10. In a situation with herd immunity to the target disease, the non-specific effects can be more important for overall health than the specific vaccine effects.