The history and value of face masks.
Christiane MatuschekFriedrich MollHeiner FangerauJohannes C FischerKurt ZänkerMartijn van GriensvenMarion SchneiderDetlef Kindgen-MillesWolfram Trudo KnoefelArtur LichtenbergBálint TamaskovicsFreddy Joel Djiepmo-NjanangWilfried BudachStefanie CorradiniDieter HäussingerTorsten FeldtBjörn JensenRainer PelkaKlaus OrthMatthias PeiperOlaf GrebeKitti MaasEdwin BoelkeJan HaussmannPublished in: European journal of medical research (2020)
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.