Influenza virus aerosols in human exhaled breath: particle size, culturability, and effect of surgical masks.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on March 07, 2013

Authors

Donald K Milton1, M Patricia Fabian, Benjamin J Cowling, Michael L Grantham, James J McDevitt

Author Affiliations

1: Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, United States of America. dmilton@umd.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluating Modes of Influenza Transmission Observational Study of Community Acquired Influenza (EMIT) | NCT01769430

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