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On average 1000 coronavirus particles transmitted during an infection: Study
COVID-19 superspreading clusters in Austria and found that on average 1,000 infectious virus particles are transmitted from one infected person to the next.According to the study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, these values are overall considerably higher than for other viruses such as HIV or noroviruses which cause gastroenteritis."Yet, occasionally we also found infected people who apparently came into contact with fewer virus particles and still became infected," said study co-author Andreas Bergthaler from the Austrian Academy of Sciences."We suspect that parameters such as the application of protective measures, the transmission route, or the immune system may play a decisive role here," Bergthaler added.The