Facemask against viral respiratory infections among Hajj pilgrims: A challenging cluster-randomized trial

BACKGROUND: In this large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) we sought to assess the effectiveness of facemasks against viral respiratory infections. METHODS AND RESULTS: Over three consecutive Hajj seasons (2013, 2014, 2015) pilgrims’ tents in Makkah were allocated to ‘facemask’ or ‘n...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS One
Hauptverfasser: Alfelali, Mohammad, Haworth, Elizabeth A., Barasheed, Osamah, Badahdah, Al-Mamoon, Bokhary, Hamid, Tashani, Mohamed, Azeem, Mohammad I., Kok, Jen, Taylor, Janette, Barnes, Elizabeth H., El Bashir, Haitham, Khandaker, Gulam, Holmes, Edward C., Dwyer, Dominic E., Heron, Leon G., Wilson, Godwin J., Booy, Robert, Rashid, Harunor
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2020
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7553311/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33048964
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240287
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