Medical face masks offer self-protection against aerosols: An evaluation using a practical in vitro approach on a dummy head

• Christian M. Sterr,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Inga-Lena Nickel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Christina Stranzinger,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Claudia I. Nonnenmacher-Winter,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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• Frank Günther

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: frank.guenther@staff.uni-marburg.de

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7424-0950

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