superspreading
adjective
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noun
Etymology: From super- + spreading.
- The spreading of an infection to many other people from a single individual.
“Our findings indicate that superspreading is a normal feature of disease spread[…]”
“We found that superspreading has overwhelmingly contributed to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the city overall. Of the 349 local cases we identified — the remaining 689 cases were imported from other territories — 196 were linked to just six superspreading events.”
- Synonym of superwetting.