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Editorial
. 2018 Jul;142(1):64-66.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.05.007. Epub 2018 May 24.

Vaccination-induced herd immunity: Successes and challenges

Michael L Mallory  1 , Lisa C Lindesmith  1 , Ralph S Baric  2
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Editorial

Vaccination-induced herd immunity: Successes and challenges

Michael L Mallory et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Herd immunity; neutralizing antibodies; vaccination.

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Biological and societal factors affecting vaccine-induced population immunity.
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