• Cell host & microbe · Oct 2015

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

    • Gary Wong, Wenjun Liu, Yingxia Liu, Boping Zhou, Yuhai Bi, and George F Gao.
    • CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
    • Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Oct 14; 18 (4): 398-401.

    AbstractSuper-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, and suggest studies to better understand super-spreading. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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