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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

The Epidemiological Characteristics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe: Focus on Italy.

Giovanni Gabutti, Erica d'Anchera, Francesco De Motoli, Marta Savio, Armando Stefanati

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Evolution of Responses to COVID-19 and Epidemiological Characteristics in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  12. Risk Factors Associated with Nursing Home COVID-19 Outbreaks: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  13. Modeling of the Long-Term Epidemic Dynamics of COVID-19 in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  14. Assessment and Impact of the Risk of Exposure of Portuguese Biomedical Scientists in the Context of COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanni GabuttiDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 64/B, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Erica d'AncheraDepartment of Medical Sciences, Postgraduate School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1433-5480
Francesco De MotoliDepartment of Medical Sciences, Postgraduate School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4660-358X
Marta SavioDepartment of Medical Sciences, Postgraduate School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
Armando StefanatiDepartment of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, via Fossato di Mortara 64/B, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6094-3439
University of Ferrara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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COVID-19PandemicsEuropeHumansItalySARS-CoV-2COVID-19epidemiologyintensive care unitlethalitymortalitynursing homespreventive measurespublic healthR0SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33805624
PMCPMC8000566
OpenAlexW3138018429

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Registered trials

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