Experts say these large clusters are more than just extreme outliers, but rather the pandemic's likely main engine of transmission. Virus 'hallmark'Superspreading events have grabbed headlines, looming large in the narrative of the unfolding pandemic. K factorEarly in the pandemic, much attention was focused on the basic reproduction number (R0) of SARS-CoV-2. His modelling from the early international spread of the virus, published in Wellcome Open Research, suggested SARS-CoV-2 could be highly overdispersed. His research analyzing known Covid-19 superspreading events, published this month in the journal PNAS, found that they were happening even more frequently than predicted by traditional epidemiological models.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 20, 2020 02:48 UTC