Different forms of superspreading lead to different outcomes: Heterogeneity in infectiousness and contact behavior relevant for the case of SARS-CoV-2

• Elise J. Kuylen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: elise.kuylen@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliations Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3528-5507

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• Andrea Torneri,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4322-0770

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• Lander Willem,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Pieter J. K. Libin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-758X

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• Steven Abrams,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-9304

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• Pietro Coletti,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-1692

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• Nicolas Franco,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, Namur Institute for Complex Systems, Department of Mathematics, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1688-8342

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• Frederik Verelst,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: GSK, Wavre, Belgium

  Affiliation Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8399-743X

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• Philippe Beutels,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5034-3595

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• Jori Liesenborgs,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Expertise Centre for Digital Media, Hasselt University - transnational University Limburg, Hasselt, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-8031

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• Niel Hens

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Health Economic Research and Modeling Infectious Diseases, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Data Science Institute, I-BioStat, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1881-0637

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