A quantitative assessment of the efficacy of surgical and N95 masks to filter influenza virus in patients with acute influenza infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-277

  Johnson, D F ^a   Druce, J D ^b   Birch, C ^a,c,d   Grayson, M L ^a,c,d  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURGICAL MASK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651095591     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600041     Document Type: Article

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