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Superspreaders drove Ebola outbreak more than most cases
A Princeton and Oregon State study analyzed 200 community burials in Freetown Sierra Leone during 2014 2015. It found about 3 percent of infected people caused roughly 61 percent of Ebola transmissions. The pattern held in Guinea and Liberia, with caregivers and funeral organizers often central to spread.
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