Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgic...
Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The CDC recommends that healthcare settings provide influenza patients with facemasks as a means of reducing transmission to staff and other patients, and a recent report suggested that surgical masks can capture influenza virus in large droplet spray. However, there is minimal data on influenza virus aerosol shedding, the infectiousness of exhaled...
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Influenza Virus Aerosols in Human Exhaled Breath: Particle Size, Culturability, and Effect of Surgical Masks
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1327739532
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1327739532
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1553-7374,1553-7366
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1553-7374
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1003205
