Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

Leung, NHL; Chu, DKW; Shiu, EYC; Chan, KH; McDevitt, JJ; Hau, BJP; Yen, HL; Li, YG; Ip, DKM; Peiris, JSM; Seto, WH; Leung, GM; Milton, DK; Cowling, BJ

Cowling, BJ (corresponding author), Univ Hong Kong, Li Ka Shing Fac Med, Sch Publ Hlth, WHO Collaborating Ctr Infect Dis Epidemiol & Cont, Hong Kong, Peoples R China.

NATURE MEDICINE, 2020; 26 (5): 676

Abstract

We identified seasonal human coronaviruses, influenza viruses and rhinoviruses in exhaled breath and coughs of children and adults with acute respirat......

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