Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers - authors' reply

Prev Med. 2014 Aug:65:154. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.05.024. Epub 2014 Jun 3.

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia; National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance, Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
² The Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Australia, Australia. Electronic address: a.moa@unsw.edu.au.
⁵ Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Australia.

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Keywords: Bacterial colonization; Healthcare workers; Hospitals; N95 respirators and medical masks.

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