Objectives
Learning objectives
- Understand the concept of herd immunity.
- Understand the meaning of some commonly used parameters (basic and effective reproductive rate, average age at infection, critical proportion of vaccination).
- Understand why vaccination can lead to the eradication of infections
.- Understand why vaccination can, under certain circumstances, lead to an increase in disease burden in a
population.
Performance goals
- Be able to describe what herd immunity is.
- Be able to discuss the relation between basic reproductive rate, effective reproductive rate, average age at infection, expectation of life and critical proportion of vaccination.
- Be able to describe the circumstances under which vaccination can lead to an increase
in disease burden in a population.
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