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Assessing the impact of widespread respirator use in curtailing COVID-19 transmission in the USA

Dynamic models are used to assess the impact of three types of face masks (cloth masks, surgical/procedure masks and respirators) in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. We showed that the pandemic would have failed to establish in the USA if a nationwide mask mandate, based on using respir...

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Autores principales: Ngonghala, Calistus N., Knitter, James R., Marinacci, Lucas, Bonds, Matthew H., Gumel, Abba B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8424336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210699