LIU Tiantian, WANG Yongxiang, WANG Yang, YUAN Wenjie
Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 200032 Shanghai, China
Abstract：A super spreader is an infected individual who can disproportionally and efficiently transmit a specific pathogen to more than 10 naïve individuals, most of them are family members, health care workers, and other close-contact persons. Super spreaders were frequently reported in the recent outbreaks of infectious diseases, demonstrated that early discovery and management of super spreaders are critical measures to control epidemics. The formation, characterization and interventions of super spreaders are reviewed in this paper.
刘甜甜，王勇翔，王阳，袁雯婕. 传染病流行中的超级传播者[J]. 微生物与感染, 2020, 15(1): 62-64.
LIU Tiantian, WANG Yong-Xiang, WANG Yang, YUAN Wenjie. Super spreader in epidemic of infectious diseases. JOURNAL OF MICROBES AND INFECTIONS, 2020, 15(1): 62-64.
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