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

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 sta...

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Published inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology Vol. 8; p. 547314
Main Authors Xia, Yuanqing, Zhong, Lumin, Tan, Jingcong, Zhang, Zhiruo, Lyu, Jiajun, Chen, Yiting, Zhao, Anda, Huang, Lili, Long, Zichong, Liu, Ning-Ning, Wang, Hui, Li, Shenghui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 24.09.2020
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Cell and Developmental Biology
COVID-19
herd immunity
outbreak
pandemic
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
herd immunity
outbreak
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:Reviewed by: Dong-Joo (Ellen) Cheon, Albany Medical College, United States; Emi E. Nakayama, Osaka University, Japan
Edited by: Tatsuo Shioda, Osaka University, Japan
This article was submitted to Molecular Medicine, a section of the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
These authors share first authorship
ISSN:2296-634X
2296-634X
DOI:10.3389/fcell.2020.547314