natural immunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandimmunity
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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immunity
noun[U]
uk/ɪˈmjuː.nə.ti/us/ɪˈmjuː.nə.t̬i/
a situation in which you are protected against disease or from ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandimmunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Some seem to havenaturalimmunity; others may benefit from immunization.
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The next step is to extend these analyses to a more realistic model having bothnaturalimmunityand vaccine effects.
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Waning ofnaturalimmunityoccurs at a per capita rate, v, represented by a horizontal left to right movement along rows.
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The acquisition ofnaturalimmunityto malaria is not well understood and measurable correlates of protection and immunity have been difficult to identify.
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We contrasted models wherenaturalimmunitywas absent, altered only the susceptible state, or altered both the susceptible and infected states.
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Naturalimmunityto varicella is assumed to be life-long.
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The other 6 children with hepatitis markers had serological profiles consistent with previous exposure andnaturalimmunity.
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Prospects for the immunological control of ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes :naturalimmunity, can it be harnessed?
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This process is complicated further when individuals possess partialnaturalimmunity.
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The left panels contrast levels ofnaturalimmunity, while the right panels contrast waning rates.
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There was significant enhancement of statistical power when serological testing separated infected and susceptible classes into subsets bynaturalimmunitystatus.
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As these authors noted, all of these findings are characteristic ofnaturalimmunityagainst this parasite.
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In these cases, vaccination may disrupt the generation ofnaturalimmunityand boosting, with potentially deleterious effects.
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In addition, for some diseases, the existence and duration ofnaturalimmunityin unvaccinated cohorts is relevant especially when considering population-wide vaccination programmes.
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In this study, our motivation was to extend the results from that of an endemic infection withoutnaturalimmunityto a model with bothnaturalimmunityand vaccine effects.
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Naturalimmunityand vaccine effects were modelled as a multiplicative interaction.
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Naturalimmunityis acquired by exposure to the disease in calfhood, though at a high cost in mortality.
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Strongernaturalimmunityacts to decrease statistical power, but this is modified by the waning rate.
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