Possibly critical role of wearing masks in general population in controlling COVID-19

J Med Virol. 2020 Oct;92(10):1779-1781. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25886. Epub 2020 Jun 2.

Authors

Guangshu Han¹, Yi-Hua Zhou²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
² Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus; epidemiology; pandemics; public policy; social science; virus classification.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / virology
Humans
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity