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| − | Breakthrough infection is development of a disease despite a person's having responded to a [[vaccine]].<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#b</ref> | + | '''Breakthrough infection''' is development of a disease despite a person's having responded to a [[vaccine]].<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#b</ref> |
In other words, a breakthrough infection occurs because the vaccine failed to protect the person who had received the vaccine. | In other words, a breakthrough infection occurs because the vaccine failed to protect the person who had received the vaccine. | ||