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Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers

BACKGROUND: Medical masks are commonly used in health care settings to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from respiratory and other infections. Airborne respiratory pathogens may settle on the surface of used masks layers, resulting in contamination. The main aim of this study was to study the prese...

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Autores principales: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Stelzer-Braid, Sacha, Rawlinson, William, Pontivivo, Giulietta, Wang, Quanyi, Pan, Yang, Zhang, Daitao, Zhang, Yi, Li, Lili, MacIntyre, C. Raina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4109-x

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