Herd immunity
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Herd immunity is a form of indirect protection that applies only to contagious diseases. It occurs when a sufficient percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, whether through previ
A cow with rinderpest in the "milk fever" position, 1982. The last confirmed case of rinderpest occurred in Kenya in 2001, and the disease was officially declared eradicated in 2011.
Measles vaccine coverage and reported measles cases in Eastern Mediterranean countries: As coverage increased, the number of cases decreased.
Rinderpest
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Rinderpest was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic water buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including gaurs, buffalo, bison, antelope, deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and
Herd immunity
…enabling resources used to control the disease to be used elsewhere. To date, two diseases have been eradicated using herd immunity and vaccination: rinderpest and smallpox. Eradication efforts that rely on herd immunity are currently underway for poliomyelitis, though civil unrest and distrust of modern…
Rinderpest Virus
God's Punishment on the Netherlands through the Cattle Plague, 1745 by Jan Smit
Veterinary report on the cattle plague, 1865–1867, Great Britain (Wellcome L0002361)