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Community immunity is also known as 'Herd immunity'''''''. It is a form of incidental protection from various of contagious diseases, such as [[tuberculosis|tuberculosis]], [[meningitis|meningitis]], [[varicella|varicella]] and more. When there is a majority of a specific population have been inoculated against an infectious disease, then most of them are secured from that disease<ref>https://www.vaccines.gov/basics/protection/index.html</ref>. | |||
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Revision as of 15:05, 5 December 2017
Community immunity is also known as 'Herd immunity''. It is a form of incidental protection from various of contagious diseases, such as tuberculosis, meningitis, varicella and more. When there is a majority of a specific population have been inoculated against an infectious disease, then most of them are secured from that disease[1].