Secondary attack rate and superspreading events for SARS-CoV-2
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Super-spreading events and sustained person-to-person transmission have not been reported previously in outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome but have been observed in disease outbreaks caused by Ebola virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and SARS-CoV-2.
“Super-spreading events and sustained person-to-person transmission have not been reported previously in outbreaks of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome but have been observed in disease outbreaks caused by Ebola virus, 25 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and SARS-CoV-2.26,27”
From "Super-Spreaders" and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina (2020) · cites this paper as [26]
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- Authors
- Liu, Y., Eggo, R. M., & Kucharski, A. J.
- Affiliations
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Kucharski, Adam J
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-03
- Volume
- 395
- Issue
- 10227
- Pages
- e47
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- PMC
- PMC7158947
- OpenAlex
- W3008721669
- Cited by
- 350
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 109 · 2020: 137
- FWCI
- 12.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (206250/Z/17/Z)
- Medical Research Council (MR/S003975/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Infection Control and Ventilation
- Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2, secondary attack rate, superspreading events, basic reproduction number, household transmission, close contacts, social interaction, transmission risk, COVID-19 outbreak
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Disease Outbreaks, Family Characteristics, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Risk, Contact Tracing, Coronavirus Infections
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