A recent paper by Etard et al highlights how clustering of Ebola exposures around a few cases, and overdispersion of contacts per case, leads to super-spreader events and epidemic propagation. 1 Etard JF Touré A Sow MS et al. Heterogeneity of contact patterns with Ebola virus disease cases.

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Based on this evidence and that seen with SARS-Cov-2, 2 Majra D Benson J Pitts J et al. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) superspreader events.

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they suggest that targeting epidemic screening and communication control strategies in low resource settings may be beneficial.