Etymologia: Ring Vaccination

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Sharma, Vijay ; Sharma, Rajnish ; Singh, Balbir B.
• Description:
  [rɪŋ-væk-sɪ′-neɪ-ʃn]]
  
  Ring vaccination (expanding ring, surveillance and containment) is a public health measure designed to prevent spread of disease from infected persons to oth- ers. This approach targets persons who have had close contact with confirmed or suspected cases and are at a higher risk of infection by vaccinating them first.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Etymologia Terminology As Topic Vaccination
• Keywords:
  Containment Etymologia History Ring Vaccination Smallpox Surveillance Vaccination Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(2):279
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10826778
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Etymologia
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:82533ed53b4ec37b6d7813701d7f29fa4e62c623b55326b945cc6799f49fe848
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147339/cdc_147339_DS1.pdf
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