Author Correction: Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks (Nature Medicine, (2020), 26, 5, (676-680), 10.1038/s41591-020-0843-2);Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

Nature Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 676-680

  Leung, Nancy H L ^a   Chu, Daniel K W ^a   Shiu, Eunice Y C ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   McDevitt, James J ^b   Hau, Benien J P ^a,c   Yen, Hui Ling ^a   Li, Yuguo ^d   Ip, Dennis K M ^a   Peiris, J S Malik ^a   Seto, Wing Hong ^a,e   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Milton, Donald K ^f   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Hong Kong Baptist Hospital   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONAVIRIDAE; COUGHING; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85084205806     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0946-9     Document Type: Erratum

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