English-Finnish translations for herd immunity

• laumasuoja
• laumaimmuniteetti
  Tämä niin sanottu laumaimmuniteetti on tärkeä esimerkiksi hinkuyskän, kurkkumädän, tuhkarokon, sikotaudin ja vihurirokon torjunnassa. (terveyskirjasto.fi

Definition of herd immunity

• The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination.

Related words

• herd
• shepherd
• herdsman
• herder
• cowherd
• goatherd
• shepherdess
• potsherd
• sheepherder
• hogherd