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The role of superspreading in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) transmission
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As at 15 June 2015, a large transmission cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was ongoing in South Korea. To examine the potential for such events, we estimated the level of heterogeneity in MERS-CoV transmission by analysing data on cluster size distributions. We found substantial potential for superspreading; even though it is likely that R 0 < 1 overall, our analysis indicates that cluster sizes of over 150 cases are not unexpected for MERS-CoV infection.
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- Authors
- Kucharski, A. J., & Althaus, C. L.
- Venue
- Eurosurveillance
- Published
- 2015-06-25
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 25
- Pages
- 14-8
- ISSN
- 1025-496X (ISSN-L)
- 1560-7917
- OpenAlex
- W1042757214
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 11.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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