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ArticleHeliyon2024

One-step silver coating of polypropylene surgical mask with antibacterial and antiviral properties.

Ivan Vito Ferrari, Giulia Giuntoli, Anissa Pisani, Aida Cavallo, Paola Mazzetti, Rossella Fonnesu, Alfredo Rosellini, Mauro Pistello, Tamer Al Kayal, Antonino Cataldo and 6 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Ivan Vito FerrariInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Giulia GiuntoliInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Anissa PisaniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Aida CavalloInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Paola MazzettiVirology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy and Retrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy.
Rossella FonnesuVirology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy and Retrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy.
Alfredo RoselliniVirology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy and Retrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy.
Mauro PistelloVirology Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy and Retrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy.
Tamer Al KayalInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Antonino CataldoENEA, Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, 00123, Italy.
Roberto MontanariDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Alessandra VaroneDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Micaela CastellinoDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129, Turin, Italy.
Simonetta AntonaroliDepartment of Chemical Sciences and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Giorgio SoldaniInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.
Paola LosiInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, 54100, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Face masks can filter droplets containing viruses and bacteria minimizing the transmission and spread of respiratory pathogens but are also an indirect source of microbes transmission. A novel antibacterial and antiviral Ag-coated polypropylene surgical mask obtained through the

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Antimicrobial propertiesSilver coatingSilver mirror reactionsurgical masks

Identifiers

PMID38163242
PMCPMC10754878

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