ReviewTrends in microbiology2021
Catch Me if You Can: Superspreading of COVID-19.
Review in Trends in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of event attack rates and individual transmission patterns.Epidemiology and infection · 2024Pooled it
- Quantifying the role of pre-existing tissue resident cellular immunity in limiting respiratory virus transmission.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Uncovering heterogeneous intercommunity disease transmission from neutral allele frequency time series.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- The potential impacts of human genetics on virus emergence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Sudan virus disease super-spreading, Uganda, 2022.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Lineage frequency time series reveal elevated levels of genetic drift in SARS-CoV-2 transmission in England.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Looking under the lamp-post: quantifying the performance of contact tracing in the United States during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Variability in Donor Lung Culture and Relative Humidity Impact the Stability of 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus on Nonporous Surfaces.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2023Article
- Exploring the role of superspreading events in SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks.Journal of theoretical biology · 2023Article
- Spatial risk for a superspreading environment: Insights from six urban facilities in six global cities across four continents.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- From SARS to COVID-19: the role of experience and experts in Hong Kong's initial policy response to an emerging pandemic.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2023Article
- Monitoring real-time transmission heterogeneity from incidence data.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- Critical literature review and pooled analysis of diagnostic accuracy of Ortho VITROS SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for diagnosing acute SARS-CoV-2 infections.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2022Article
- Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled air using non-invasive embedded strips in masks.American journal of infection control · 2022Article
- Systematic Review of Diagnostic Accuracy of DiaSorin Liaison SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Immunoassay.EJIFCC · 2022Review
- SARS-CoV-2 RNA in exhaled air of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Regional opening strategies with commuter testing and containment of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in Germany.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Timing of exposure is critical in a highly sensitive model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.PLoS pathogens · 2022Article
- Structural modeling of COVID-19 spread in relation to human mobility.Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives · 2022Article
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Abstract
While significant insights have been gained concerning COVID-19, superspreading of coronaviruses remains a mystery. The vast majority of cases have been linked to a relatively small portion of infected individuals. Yet, the genetic sequence of the virus, severity of disease, and underlying host parameters, such as age, sex, and health conditions, are not clearly driving the superspreading phenomenon. In this commentary we discuss what is known and what is not known about coronavirus superspreader transmission and explore whether characteristics of the virion, the donor, or the environment contribute to this phenomenon.
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