Effectiveness of Face Masks in Preventing Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Author:

Ueki Hiroshi1,Furusawa Yuri1,Iwatsuki-Horimoto Kiyoko1ORCID,Imai Masaki1,Kabata Hiroki2,Nishimura Hidekazu3,Kawaoka Yoshihiro145ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

2. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

3. Clinical Research Division, Virus Research Center, National Hospital Organization Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, Japan

4. Department of Special Pathogens, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

5. Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Abstract

Airborne simulation experiments showed that cotton masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks provide some protection from the transmission of infective SARS-CoV-2 droplets/aerosols; however, medical masks (surgical masks and even N95 masks) could not completely block the transmission of virus droplets/aerosols even when sealed.

Funder

NIAID-funded Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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