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OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa131
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COVID-19; public; SARS-CoV-2; surgical masks; viral shedding
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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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.
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