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cord-272759-dqkjofw2	Small, Michael	Super-spreaders and the rate of transmission of the SARS virus	2006-03-15		.txt	text/plain	7581	508	62	The main conclusions of this study are: (i) "super-spreaders" may occur even if the infectiousness of all infected individuals is constant; (ii) consistent with previous reports, extended exposure time beyond 3–5 days (i.e. significant nosocomial transmission) was the key factor in the severity of the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong; and, (iii) the spread of SARS can be effectively controlled by either limiting long range links (imposing a partial quarantine) or enforcing rapid hospitalisation and isolation of symptomatic individuals. 1 Two characteristic features were observed during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in 2003 (see Fig. 1 ) [3, 4] : so-called super-spread events (SSE), in which a single individual initiates a large number of cases; and persistent transmission within the community. In this paper, we apply these methods to the modelling of the spread of SARS in Hong Kong; transmission is only allowed to occur along a limited number of direct links between individuals.	./cache/cord-272759-dqkjofw2.txt	./txt/cord-272759-dqkjofw2.txt