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. 2022 Mar 2:taac025. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac025

Superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variants under intensive disease control measures in China

Shi Zhao 1,2,2, Zihao Guo 1,2, Marc Ka Chun Chong 1,2,3,, Daihai He 3,3,, Maggie H Wang 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC8903516  PMID: 35238919

Highlights

Given the heterogeneity in individual transmissibility, we estimated the superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variants. Using case series of Delta variants in Guangdong, China, we found 15% (95%CrI: 12, 19) of cases seeded 80% of offspring cases.

Keywords: statistical modelling, China, Delta variant, superspreading, COVID-19


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