Re: Can viruses transfer genetic material between individuals ?

From: Tim Tyler (tim_at_tt1lock.org)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:41:08 -0500 (EST)

Rod Burns <morrainx@hotmail.com> wrote or quoted:

> NB : the superspreader appears to be a biological myth, but may still be a
> statistical curiosity.
> http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=article&DocID=1214

Despite its title, I wouldn't suggest that article says that
superspreaders are not a real phenomenon.

It just claims that such highly-mobile highly-infectious organisms were
not strongly implicated in the spread of SARS. 

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