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(epidemiology) The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination.
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herd immunity
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集団免疫:全体の一定割合の人が感染症に対する免疫を持つことで、感染が広がるのを間接的に防ぐ現象。感染による回復や予防接種によって得られた免疫が基盤となる。
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