immunity gap

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The time period during which a young mammal no longer receives effective immunity to diseases from antibodies in its mother's milk but its own immune system is not fully developed.
    — The entry of E. coli in a protein-rich medium into the small intestine, which has a damaged surface from the switch to solid feed, at a time when the pig's immune response is normally low (the immunity gap), presents a high risk for a secretory diarrhea.
  2. The time period between when an individual's or a population's immunity to a virus has waned (due to normal decrease in immune response over time or to the development of a new strain of the virus) and before a new vaccine can be given to boost immunity.
    — However, an immunity gap in adults coupled with the presence of large numbers of susceptible children and adolescents creates the potential for an extensive epidemic.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see immunity, gap.
    — In other words, there currently exists a Good Samaritan immunity gap between and among the states.

词形变化

immunity gaps plural
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