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MeSH Heading: Immunity, Herd
Tree Number(s): G12.450.400
Unique ID: D032521
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032521
Annotation: human & animal
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Community Immunity; Herd Immunity; Population Immunity
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2023/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0400724
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Immunity, Herd Preferred Term
Term UI T464752
Date10/04/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Herd Immunity
Term UI T464753
Date10/04/2001
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Population Immunity
Term UI T001131773
Date01/05/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Community Immunity
Term UI T001136266
Date04/14/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Immunity, Herd MeSH Descriptor Data 2025