How to Understand "Herd Immunity" in COVID-19 Pandemic.
How to Understand "Herd Immunity" in COVID-19 Pandemic.
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如何理解 COVID-19 大流行中的“群体免疫”
DOI:
10.3389/fcell.2020.547314
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Li S
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文献类型:
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作者:
Xia Y;Zhong L;Tan J;Zhang Z;Lyu J;Chen Y;Zhao A;Huang L;Long Z;Liu NN;Wang H;Li S
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.