natural immunity
Americannoun
noun
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Surviving populations may have natural immunity, which could help shape more resilient captive-rearing programs.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
"It's going to have to run through the community. Until they get that natural immunity, it'll just keep running its course."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
He argued against lockdowns and masking for children, questioned the benefits of vaccine boosters, and predicted incorrectly that populations would quickly acquire natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
"Chimpanzees are extremely susceptible to dying from diseases that originate in humans and to which they have little natural immunity," Langergraber said.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023
The fact of natural immunity is constantly confirmed by common experience as well as in the clinics and laboratories of our medical schools and research institutes.
From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry
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