Utilization of the philtral pressure technique as an efficacious measure to prevent coronavirus transmission through sneezing

Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2020 Nov-Dec;83(6):569-570. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20200112.

Authors

Eugene R Ting¹, Elizabeth L S Wong^{1

2}, Michael Lin¹, Tyler Blah³, Jessica Huang¹, Pragya Goswami⁴, Yi Yang⁴, Muhammad A Khan¹, Zhi Wei Lim², Ashish Agar^{1

2}, Ian C Francis^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Australia.
³ University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 33470289
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20200112

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / transmission*
Facial Muscles
Humans
Lip
Pressure*
Sneezing*