How infectivity of a variant can change infection numbers (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

How infectivity of a variant can change infection numbers

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Contrary to conventional models, the number of individuals who experienced infection does not scale linearly with how much more infectious a variant is compared to the existing strain.

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