A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19
The science about the usage of face masks by the common public to avert COVID-19 transmission is proceeding swiftly. A primary route of transmission of COVID-19 is probably through small respiratory droplets, and it is transmissible from asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals. According to the...
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| author | Sonali Das Sagarika Sarkar Anusree Das Shreyosree Das Pallab Chakraborty Joy Sarkar |
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| description | The science about the usage of face masks by the common public to avert COVID-19 transmission is proceeding swiftly. A primary route of transmission of COVID-19 is probably through small respiratory droplets, and it is transmissible from asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals. According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask in public can help reduce the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Different categories and types of masks and their usage are reviewed in this work. In a nutshell, this review work elucidates the aspects of utilizing the various face masks along with all possibilities to fight against the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44eac8b736114ad5ba579a3497ef58902022-12-21T18:44:20ZengElsevierClinical Epidemiology and Global Health2213-39842021-10-0112100835A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19Sonali Das0Sagarika Sarkar1Anusree Das2Shreyosree Das3Pallab Chakraborty4Joy Sarkar5Department of Botany, Dinabandhu Andrews College, 54, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700084, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Sarojini Naidu College for Women, 30, Jessore Rd, K.B.Sarani, Golpark, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700028, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Dinabandhu Andrews College, 54, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700084, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Dinabandhu Andrews College, 54, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700084, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrakpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700131, IndiaDepartment of Botany, Dinabandhu Andrews College, 54, Raja S.C. Mallick Road, Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700084, India; Corresponding author.The science about the usage of face masks by the common public to avert COVID-19 transmission is proceeding swiftly. A primary route of transmission of COVID-19 is probably through small respiratory droplets, and it is transmissible from asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals. According to the World Health Organization, wearing a mask in public can help reduce the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Different categories and types of masks and their usage are reviewed in this work. In a nutshell, this review work elucidates the aspects of utilizing the various face masks along with all possibilities to fight against the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421001433COVID-19WHOMaskPandemic |
| spellingShingle | Sonali Das Sagarika Sarkar Anusree Das Shreyosree Das Pallab Chakraborty Joy Sarkar A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health COVID-19 WHO Mask Pandemic |
| title | A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 |
| title_full | A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 |
| title_fullStr | A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 |
| title_short | A comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to Covid-19 |
| title_sort | comprehensive review of various categories of face masks resistant to covid 19 |
| topic | COVID-19 WHO Mask Pandemic |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398421001433 |
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