Universal use of face masks for success against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies

Susanna Esposito; Nicola Principi; Chi Chi Leung; Giovanni Battista Migliori

doi:10.1183/13993003.01260-2020

Universal use of face masks for success against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 18;55(6):2001260. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01260-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Authors

Susanna Esposito¹, Nicola Principi², Chi Chi Leung³, Giovanni Battista Migliori⁴

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Clinic, Pietro Barilla Children's Hospital, University of Parma, Parma, Italy susanna.esposito@unimi.it.
² Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
³ Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, Hong Kong, China.
⁴ Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica delle Malattie Respiratorie, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Tradate, Italy.

Abstract

Cloth masks are a simple, economic and sustainable alternative to surgical masks as a means of source control of SARS-CoV-2 in the general community https://bit.ly/2x2xTL4

Publication types

Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Infections / epidemiology*
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Guidelines as Topic
Health Policy*
Humans
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2
United States
World Health Organization