| super-spreader | суперраспространитель (инфекции: Super spreader: This refers to a person who has infected a large number of other people. Unless protective measures such as isolation are taken, it is estimated that an infected person will transmit the illness to at least two or three other people. The notion of "super spreader" is relatively old – the term was applied in the US during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Then as now, they are hard to pin down. "It is possible that what we call 'super spreaders' do exist," said Eric Caumes, head of the infectious diseases service at the Pitie-Salpetriere hospital in Paris. "The problem is we can not manage to find them". fluggegecheimen) |
