TY - T1的普遍使用的口罩等cess against COVID-19: evidence and implications for prevention policies JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.01260-2020 SP - 2001260 AU - Esposito, Susanna AU - Principi, Nicola AU - Leung, Chi Chi AU - Migliori, Giovanni Battista Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/early/2020/04/27/13993003.01260-2020.abstract N2 - A hot debate is taking place on the use of face masks (including cloth and surgical) as a prevention tool in the community vis-à-vis the recent World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. To shed light on this important topic we reviewed relevant literature focused on the key words “infection control”, “prevention”, “masks”, “respirators”, “viral infections” and “COVID-19” without time restrictions to identify a minimum set of references from an electronic database (PUBMED), existing guidelines, viral diseases, airborne diseases, and grey literature.Cloth masks are a simple, economic and sustainable alternative to surgical mask as a means of source control of SARS-CoV-2 for general community.The article is part of the activities of WAidid (World Association for Infectious Diseases and Immunological Disorders), the Global Tuberculosis Network (GTN) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tradate, ITA-80, 2017-2020- GBM/RC/LDA.). ER -