Facemasks, hand hygiene, and influenza among young adults: a randomized intervention trial.

Limited vaccine availability and the potential for resistance to antiviral medications have led to calls for establishing the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical measures for mitigating pandemic influenza. Our objective was to examine if the use of face masks and hand hygiene reduced rates of influenza-l...

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Main Authors: Allison E Aiello, Vanessa Perez, Rebecca M Coulborn, Brian M Davis, Monica Uddin, Arnold S Monto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3266257?pdf=render