Dimensions of superspreading
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- 16 November 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 438 (7066) , 293-295
- https://doi.org/10.1038/438293a
Abstract
Analyses of contact-tracing data on the spread of infectious disease, combined with mathematical models, show that control measures require better knowledge of variability in individual infectiousness.Keywords
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