Comparative effectiveness of N95, surgical or medical, and non-medical facemasks in protection against respiratory virus infection: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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Rev Med Virol. 2022 Sep;32(5):e2336. doi: 10.1002/rmv.2336. Epub 2022 Feb 26.
Rev Med Virol. 2022.
PMID: 35218279
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N95 or equivalent masks were the most effective in providing protection against coronavirus infections (OR, 0.30; CI, 0.20-0.44) consistently across subgroup analyses of causative viruses and clinical settings. ...
N95 or equivalent masks were the most effective in providing protection against coronavirus infections (OR, 0.30; CI, 0.20-0.44) cons …