Effects of the latent period on the spread of infectious diseases for the case of increased weekend contacts

Introduction: So-called superspreaders and superspreading events were among the key drivers of the recent pandemic [ref:1], [ref:2]. Generally, we can identify two possible sources of superspreading: a high probability of transmission during contact due to specific pathogen characteristics [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

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German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
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2025-11-03
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https://doi.org/10.3205/25gmds050
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COVID-19 epidemiological studies
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Effects of the latent period on the spread of infectious diseases for the case of increased weekend contacts

German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
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Effects of the latent period on the spread of infectious diseases for the case of increased weekend contacts

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Abstract

Introduction: So-called superspreaders and superspreading events were among the key drivers of the recent pandemic [ref:1], [ref:2]. Generally, we can identify two possible sources of superspreading: a high probability of transmission during contact due to specific pathogen characteristics [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PL), Utrecht University (NL), University of Münster (DE), AGH University of Krakow (PL), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
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