immunité grégaire

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.my.ni.te ɡʁe.ɡɛʁ/

Noun

immunité grégaire f (uncountable)

  1. (epidemiology) herd immunity
    Synonyms: immunité de communauté, immunité collective, immunité de groupe
    • 1984, Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire, published 1985, page 97:
      L’autre raison éventuelle pourrait être une diminution de l’immunité grégaire contre la syphilis dans la jeune population masculine sexuellement active.
      Another possible reason could be a decrease in herd immunity against syphilis in the young sexually active male population.