SARS-CoV-2 transmission via speech-generated respiratory droplets

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA. Electronic address: bax@nih.gov.
² Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA.

Comment

Adriaan Bax et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;21(3):318.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30726-X. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

¹ Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA. Electronic address: bax@nih.gov.
² Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA.

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Surfing the COVID-19 scientific wave.
Abbas M, Pittet D. Abbas M, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Mar;21(3):317-318. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30558-2. Epub 2020 Jun 30. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 32619434 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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