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. 2021 Aug:114:79-103.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.027. Epub 2021 May 1.

SARS-CoV-2 routes of transmission and recommendations for preventing acquisition: joint British Infection Association (BIA), Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) guidance

A Bak  1 , M A Mugglestone  2 , N V Ratnaraja  3 , J A Wilson  4 , L Rivett  5 , S M Stoneham  6 , J Bostock  7 , S E Moses  8 , J R Price  9 , M Weinbren  10 , H P Loveday  4 , J Islam  6 , A P R Wilson  11
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SARS-CoV-2 routes of transmission and recommendations for preventing acquisition: joint British Infection Association (BIA), Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) guidance

A Bak et al. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Aug.
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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; aerosol transmission; droplet transmission; guidelines; infection prevention; infectious disease transmission; infectious diseases.

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