Public health: This message must be herd

Dirk Brockmann ()
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Dirk Brockmann: Dirk Brockmann is at the Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin and at the Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philippstraβe 13, 10115 Berlin

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 3, 1-2

Abstract: Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases not only protects the individual but also has a social benefit. A study now shows that communicating this effect, known as herd immunity, can have a substantial impact on a person's inclination to vaccinate, an insight that could be leveraged in vaccine advocacy.

Date: 2017
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