The corona figures in Antwerp are on the rise. In one week, no fewer than 805 infections were added. And that is not the only worrying observation: Antwerp corona patients do not just appear to be infected, but have an enormous amount of virus in their noses. As a result, quite a few ‘super spreaders’ can roam the city. But what exactly is a super diffuser? And how do you know if someone is one? Virologist Marc Van Ranst explains.
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The term already betrays it. Super spreaders are infected persons who in turn infect many others. “It is a known phenomenon that mainly occurs in respiratory infection diseases,” says Van …
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