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Open Access
Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Superspreading and the evolution of virulence
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Xander O’Neill ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Xander O’Neill, Andy White
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: x.o’neill@hw.ac.uk (XO); a.r.white@hw.ac.uk (AW)
Affiliation Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Andy White ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Xander O’Neill, Andy White
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: x.o’neill@hw.ac.uk (XO); a.r.white@hw.ac.uk (AW)
Affiliation Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences and Department of Mathematics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Graham R. Northrup,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Chadi M. Saad-Roy,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Mathematics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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P. Signe White,
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Mike Boots
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Superspreading and the evolution of virulence
- Xander O’Neill,
- Andy White,
- Graham R. Northrup,
- Chadi M. Saad-Roy,
- P. Signe White,
- Mike Boots
- Published: October 9, 2025
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013517