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Dimensions of superspreading

Alison P. Galvani () and Robert M. May ()
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Alison P. Galvani: Yale University School of Medicine
Robert M. May: University of Oxford

Nature, 2005, vol. 438, issue 7066, 293-295

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.

Date: 2005
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