The history and value of face masks

Christiane Matuschek; Friedrich Moll; Heiner Fangerau; Johannes C Fischer; Kurt Zänker; Martijn van Griensven; Marion Schneider; Detlef Kindgen-Milles; Wolfram Trudo Knoefel; Artur Lichtenberg; Bálint Tamaskovics; Freddy Joel Djiepmo-Njanang; Wilfried Budach; Stefanie Corradini; Dieter Häussinger; Torsten Feldt; Björn Jensen; Rainer Pelka; Klaus Orth; Matthias Peiper; Olaf Grebe; Kitti Maas; Edwin Bölke; Jan Haussmann

doi:10.1186/s40001-020-00423-4

The history and value of face masks

Christiane Matuschek, Friedrich Moll, Heiner Fangerau, Johannes C Fischer, Kurt Zänker, Martijn van Griensven, Marion Schneider, Detlef Kindgen-Milles, Wolfram Trudo Knoefel, Artur Lichtenberg, Bálint Tamaskovics, Freddy Joel Djiepmo-Njanang, Wilfried Budach, Stefanie Corradini, Dieter Häussinger, Torsten Feldt, Björn Jensen, Rainer Pelka, Klaus Orth, Matthias PeiperOlaf Grebe, Kitti Maas, Edwin Bölke^*, Jan Haussmann

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Abstract

In the human population, social contacts are a key for transmission of bacteria and viruses. The use of face masks seems to be critical to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 for the period, in which therapeutic interventions are lacking. In this review, we describe the history of masks from the middle age to modern times.

Original language	English
Article number	23
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Medical Research
Volume	25
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-020-00423-4
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2020

Keywords

Surgical mask
Pandemic crisis
Wound infection
Behavior
Viral transmission
Bacterial transmission
History of medicine
PREVENTION

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Matuschek, C., Moll, F., Fangerau, H., Fischer, J. C., Zänker, K., van Griensven, M., Schneider, M., Kindgen-Milles, D., Knoefel, W. T., Lichtenberg, A., Tamaskovics, B., Djiepmo-Njanang, F. J., Budach, W., Corradini, S., Häussinger, D., Feldt, T., Jensen, B., Pelka, R., Orth, K., ... Haussmann, J. (2020). The history and value of face masks. European Journal of Medical Research, 25(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-020-00423-4

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