Superspreading of SARS-CoV-2 in the USA
Fig 3
An estimated Lorenz curve for SARS-CoV-2 infections in the USA, which displays the percentage of new cases that are caused by a given cumulative percentage of most infectious individuals (solid black).
A few points in the curve are highlighted (dashed grey lines): 61.7%, 81.4%, and 95.5% of new cases are caused by the top 5%, 10%, and 20% infectious cases, respectively. Accounting for undetected and asymptomatic cases would apparently make this curve steeper, corresponding to more severe superspreading.