Effectiveness of Face Masks in Preventing Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Airborne simulation experiments showed that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks provide some protection from the transmission of infective SARS-CoV-2 droplets/aerosols; however, medical masks (surgical masks and even N95 masks) could not completely block the transmission of virus droplets/ae...

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Veröffentlicht in:	mSphere Jg. 5; H. 5
Hauptverfasser:	Ueki, Hiroshi, Furusawa, Yuri, Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Kiyoko, Imai, Masaki, Kabata, Hiroki, Nishimura, Hidekazu, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States American Society for Microbiology 21.10.2020
Schlagworte:	Adhesives Aerosols Air Microbiology Betacoronavirus Clinical Science and Epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - transmission Coronaviruses Cotton COVID-19 Disease transmission droplets Efficiency Experiments Face face masks Health Personnel - education Humans Masks Masks - classification Masks - standards Medical personnel Medicine N95 masks Observation Pandemics - prevention & control Particle size Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - transmission Respiration SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Ventilation Ventilators Viruses Japan COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 aerosols droplets N95 masks face masks
ISSN:	2379-5042, 2379-5042
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