The Epidemiological Characteristics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe : Focus on Italy
Starting from December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has forcefully entered our lives and profoundly changed all the habits of the world population. The COVID-19 pandemic has violently impacted the European continent, first involving only some European countries, Italy in particular, and then spreading to all member states, albeit in different ways and times. The ways SARS-CoV-2 spreads are still partly unknown; to quantify and adequately respond to the pandemic, various parameters and reporting systems have been introduced at national and European levels to promptly recognize the most alarming epidemiological situations and therefore limit the impact of the virus on the health of the population. The relevant key points to implement adequate measures to face the epidemic include identifying the population groups most involved in terms of morbidity and mortality, identifying the events mostly related to the spreading of the virus and recognizing the various viral mutations. The main objective of this work is to summarize the epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and Italy almost a year after the first reported case in our continent. The secondary objectives include the definition of the epidemiological parameters used to monitor the epidemic, the explanation of superspreading events and the description of how the epidemic has impacted on health and social structures, with a particular focus on Italy.
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2021 |
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18 |
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International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 6 vom: 13. März |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Gabutti, Giovanni [VerfasserIn] |
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COVID-19 |
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Date Completed 08.04.2021 Date Revised 11.11.2023 published: Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.3390/ijerph18062942 |
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