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Conan D. Yossarian@conantheyossarian.bsky.social |
To simulate contamination of masks by inhalation of the virus from the surrounding air, we aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 and used a vacuum pump to pull the aerosol through six different types of masks. We chose to incubate the contaminated masks for 1 h to simulate the duration
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Conan D. Yossarian
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of a typical meeting or shopping excursion. Following incubation of the masks for 1 h, we eluted them and detected infectious virus on polyester, cotton knit, cotton poplin, and nylon/spandex masks but not on an N95 respirator and surgical mask.
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