Effectiveness of community face mask use on COVID-19 epidemiological trends and patterns in Italy: evidence from a “translational” study

Effectiveness of community face mask use on COVID-19 epidemiological trends and patterns in Italy: evidence from a “translational” study Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Naim Mahroum, Giovanni Damiani, Jude Dzevela Kong & Jianhong Wu To cite this article: Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Naim Mahroum, Giovanni Damiani, Jude Dzevela Kong & Jianhong Wu (2021) Effectiveness of community face mask use on COVID-19 epidemiological trends and patterns in Italy: evidence from a “translational” study, Infectious Diseases, 53:4, 252-254, DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2021.1883731 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2021.1883731

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