How to Understand "Herd Immunity" in COVID-19 Pandemic

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作者
Xia, Yuanqing [1 ,2 ]
Zhong, Lumin [3 ]
Tan, Jingcong [1 ]
Zhang, Zhiruo [1 ]
Lyu, Jiajun [1 ]
Chen, Yiting [1 ]
Zhao, Anda [4 ]
Huang, Lili [1 ]
Long, Zichong [1 ]
Liu, Ning-Ning [1 ]
Wang, Hui [1 ]
Li, Shenghui [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Sch Publ Hlth, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[2] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Int Peace Matern & Child Hlth Hosp, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[3] UCL, Dept Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, London, England
[4] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Shanghai Peoples Hosp 9, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[5] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Med, Shanghai Key Lab Childres Environm Hlth, Minist Educ Peoples Republ China MOE, Shanghai, Peoples R China
基金
国家重点研发计划;
关键词
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; herd immunity; outbreak; pandemic; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS; MEASLES ELIMINATION; UNITED-STATES; VACCINATION; POPULATION; IMPACT; OUTBREAK;
D O I
10.3389/fcell.2020.547314
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global threat. Through rapid and effective surveillance and control, the newly confirmed patients have been fluctuated at a very low level and imported case explained most of them through March, 2020 to the present, indicating China's response has achieved a stage victory. By contrast, the epidemic of COVID-19 in other countries out of China is bursting. Different countries are adopting varied response strategy in terms of their public health system to prevent the spread. Herd immunity has been a hot topic since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Can it be a possible strategy to combat COVID-19? To fully interpret the knowledge regarding the term upon the background of COVID-19-related health crisis, we aim to systematically review the definition, describe the effective measures of acquiring herd immunity, and discuss its feasibility in COVID-19 prevention. Findings from this review would promote and strengthen the international cooperation and joint efforts when confronting with COVID-19.
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