Effectiveness of surgical, KF94, and N95 respirator masks in blocking SARS-CoV-2: a controlled comparison in 7 patients.

Min-Chul Kim Seongman BaeJi Yeun KimSe Yoon ParkJoon Seo LimMinki Sung Sung Han Kim

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2020)

Surgical masks were less effective in filtering viral particles from coughing patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. N95 masks and its equivalents efficiently blocked SARS-CoV-2 particles from coughing patients.

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