Definitions
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- noun An individual who yields many more
infectious organisms of a particular type than most other individuals of the samehost species
Etymologies
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From super- + shedder
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Clostridium difficile carrier mice triggers a supershedder state, transmission, and severe disease in immunocompromised hosts.
tankhughes commented on the word supershedder
different from superspreader, but kind of a superspreader. #RandomWord
May 20, 2022