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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Research

Mask Effectiveness for Preventing Secondary Cases of COVID-19, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Jacob RileyComments to Author , Jamie M. Huntley, Jennifer A. Miller, Amelia L.B. Slaichert, and Grant D. Brown
Author affiliations: Johnson County Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (J. Riley, J.M. Huntley, J.A. Miller, A.L.B. Slaichert); University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (G.D. Brown)

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Table 2

Additional variables for study of mask effectiveness for preventing secondary cases of coronavirus disease, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Variable Negative Positive Secondary attack rate (95% CI), %
Case-patient
Symptomatic 365 100 21.5 (18.1–25.6)
Not symptomatic
 340
 90
 20.9 (17.4–25.2)
Exposure duration, h
>2 413 142 25.6 (22.2–29.5)
<2
193
 30
 13.5 (9.6–18.8)
Exposure setting
Indoors 488 107 18 (15.1–21.3)
Outdoors 27 9 25 (14.2–44.0)
Direct exposure 9 5 35.7 (17.7–72.1)
Multiple settings 72 25 25.8 (18.4–36.1)

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