The Effect of Face Mask Use on COVID-19 Models

We begin with a simple model for the COVID-19 epidemic and add face mask usages and testing and quarantine of infectives. We estimate the effect on the reproduction number and discuss the question of whether the epidemic can be controlled by increased use of face masks.

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Autores principales: Bai, Fan, Brauer, Fred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9620923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36417191
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia2010007
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spelling pubmed-96209232022-11-18 The Effect of Face Mask Use on COVID-19 Models Bai, Fan Brauer, Fred Epidemiologia (Basel) Article We begin with a simple model for the COVID-19 epidemic and add face mask usages and testing and quarantine of infectives. We estimate the effect on the reproduction number and discuss the question of whether the epidemic can be controlled by increased use of face masks. MDPI 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9620923/ /pubmed/36417191 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia2010007 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ).
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