MERS, SARS, and Ebola: The Role of Super-Spreaders in Infectious Disease

Super-spreading occurs when a single patient infects a disproportionate number of contacts. The 2015 MERS-CoV, 2003 SARS-CoV, and to a lesser extent 2014–15 Ebola virus outbreaks were driven by super-spreaders. We summarize documented super-spreading in these outbreaks, explore contributing factors,...

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Autores principales: Wong, Gary, Liu, Wenjun, Liu, Yingxia, Zhou, Boping, Bi, Yuhai, Gao, George F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2015
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7128246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2015.09.013

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7128246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26468744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2015.09.013

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