0 present participle of vaccinate
1 to give someone a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent them from getting a disease:
This is thought to be primarily a metabolic attribute of the vaccinating bacteria but may also involve competition for attachment sites.
This has a large effect on the cost of vaccinating in the very young age groups.
One possibility is simply to stop vaccinating with live vaccine on a worldwide basis at a particular time.
Vaccinating at 4 years of age also leads to a lower expected percentage of lifetime spent susceptible than vaccinating at 9 years of age.
Interestingly, the most effective intervention was a combination of vaccinating sheep and anthelmintic treatment.
Indeed, the figure illustrates the continuing importance of vaccinating schoolgirls with inadequate history of vaccination.
For the linear model, therefore, eradication must also be better than a policy of vaccinating even one person.
By vaccinating in the high-risk area it may have been possible to reduce the next generation of infection.
