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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 15;7(4)
faa131. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa131. eCollection 2020 Apr.
The Time for Universal Masking of the Public for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Now.
Gandhi M[SUP]1[/SUP], Havlir D[SUP]1[/SUP].
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Abstract
In this perspective, we recommend universal masking of the US public during coronavirus disease 2019 due to the high contagiousness of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), viral shedding of viable SARS-CoV-2 from asymptomatic individuals, and the likely contribution of masking to core distancing public health strategies for curbing transmission.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; public; surgical masks; viral shedding
PMID:32346544PMCID:PMC7179801DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofaa131
faa131. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa131. eCollection 2020 Apr.The Time for Universal Masking of the Public for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Is Now.
Gandhi M[SUP]1[/SUP], Havlir D[SUP]1[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
In this perspective, we recommend universal masking of the US public during coronavirus disease 2019 due to the high contagiousness of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), viral shedding of viable SARS-CoV-2 from asymptomatic individuals, and the likely contribution of masking to core distancing public health strategies for curbing transmission.
? The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; public; surgical masks; viral shedding
PMID:32346544PMCID:PMC7179801DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofaa131