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Facial Masking for Covid-19 — Potential for “Variolation” as We Await a Vaccine

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Facial Masking for Covid-19 Increasing the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections that are asymptomatic with the simple public health measure of universal masking might help make the infection less de...

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2026913

Authors: Monica Gandhi, George W. Rutherford

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Award: G3537001456

OpenAlex ID: W3083338864

FWCI: 6.368

Cites: 6

Cited by: 221

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