{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"quality-vs-quantity-why-super-shedders-may-not-be-the-superspreaders-of-disease--81e8ecce","title":"Quality vs. quantity: Why 'super-shedders' may not be the superspreaders of disease outbreaks","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-quality-quantity-super-shedders-superspreaders.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/quality-vs-quantity-why-super-shedders-may-not-be-the-superspreaders-of-disease--81e8ecce","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"A host that sheds an abundance of parasites might seem like an obvious disease-spreading threat. But new research suggests that shedding large volumes of parasites does not dictate transmission efficiency—and \"super-shedders\" may not be the superspreaders of infectious disease outbreaks.","category":"Science","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-14T16:40:01+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-14T17:00:12.467014+00:00"}}