Human rhinoviruses prevailed among children in the setting of wearing face masks in Shanghai, 2020

Abstract Background Human rhinovirus (HRV) is the predominant etiological agent of the common cold in children and adults. A recent study showed that the inhibitory effect of face masks on viral shedding of HRV was less prominent than that on other respiratory viruses. Considering that most Chinese...

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Main Authors: Ran Jia, Lijuan Lu, Shu Li, Pengcheng Liu, Menghua Xu, Lingfeng Cao, Liyun Su, Jin Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07225-5