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Povidone-iodine gargle as a prophylactic intervention to interrupt the transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Sanjay Pattanshetty,
Sanjay Pattanshetty
Department of Health Policy, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
Contribution: Data curation, Resources, Validation, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this author Aparna Narayana,
Aparna Narayana
Centre for Dental Implant Solutions and Education, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
Contribution: Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this author Raghu Radhakrishnan,
Corresponding Author
Raghu Radhakrishnan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
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Raghu A. Radhakrishnan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India.
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Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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Sanjay Pattanshetty,
Sanjay Pattanshetty
Department of Health Policy, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
Contribution: Data curation, Resources, Validation, Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this author Aparna Narayana,
Aparna Narayana
Centre for Dental Implant Solutions and Education, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
Contribution: Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this author Raghu Radhakrishnan,
Corresponding Author
Raghu Radhakrishnan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India
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Raghu A. Radhakrishnan, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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First published: 30 April 2020
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