Definition of superspreader in English:
superspreader
nounˈsuːpəsprɛdəˈso͞opərˌspredər
A person infected with a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism who transmits it to an unusually large number of other people.
a superspreader could turn a single laboratory infection into a potential pandemic
Example sentencesExamples
- Medical experts fighting SARS in China said they still do not understand why some people survive the disease, especially those in a small group dubbed "superspreaders", who may infect hundreds.
- Superspreaders would carry more of the infectious virus in their respiratory secretions.
- "It's very likely this virus is usually spread by droplet transmission, but from time to time it may be embedded in a 'superspreader' who may also spread the virus through airborne transmissions," said Dr. Schaffner.
- What makes for a superspreader is still unclear, but could be a mix of biological/genetic and environmental causes.
- One superspreader may have been a 64-year-old doctor in China who traveled to Hong Kong in late February.
- Certain patients seem to act as "superspreaders."
- Experts warn that some people may be so-called "superspreaders," or more prone than others to transmit the virus.
- Public health officials documented a total of seven people directly infected by the doctor, making him a superspreader.
- SARS went global thanks to a superspreader.
- Perhaps the most infamous superspreader in history was Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary.