Quality vs. quantity: Why 'supershedders' may not be the superspreaders of disease outbreaks
Aug 14, 2026
A host that sheds an abundance of parasites might seem like an obvious disease-spreading threat. But new research suggests that shedding large volumes of parasites does not dictate transmission efficiency—and "super-shedders" may not be the superspreaders of infectious disease outbreaks.
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-quality-quantity-super-shedders-superspreaders.html
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