Individuals cannot rely on COVID-19 herd immunity: Durable immunity to viral disease is limited to viruses with obligate viremic spread

Jonathan W. Yewdell

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009509

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Individuals cannot rely on COVID-19 herd immunity: Durable immunity to viral disease is limited to viruses with obligate viremic spread

Jonathan W. Yewdell

* E-mail: jyewdell@nih.gov

Affiliation Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3826-1906

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Individuals cannot rely on COVID-19 herd immunity: Durable immunity to viral disease is limited to viruses with obligate viremic spread

Jonathan W. Yewdell

Published: April 26, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009509

About the Authors

Jonathan W. Yewdell

* E-mail: jyewdell@nih.gov

Affiliation Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3826-1906

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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