COVID-19 in Italy: impact of containment measures and prevalence estimates of infection in the general population

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, the Italian Government implemented several restrictive measures to contain the spread of the infection. Data shows that, among these measures, the lockdown implemented as of 9 March had a positive impact, in particular the central and southern r...

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Autores principales: Signorelli, Carlo, Scognamiglio, Thea, Odone, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7975916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32275287
http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i3-S.9511
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description Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, the Italian Government implemented several restrictive measures to contain the spread of the infection. Data shows that, among these measures, the lockdown implemented as of 9 March had a positive impact, in particular the central and southern regions of Italy, while other actions appeared to be less effective. When the true prevalence of a disease is unknown, it is possible estimate it, based on mortality data and the assumptive case-fatality rate of the disease. Given these assumptions, the estimated period-prevalence of COVID-19 in Italy varies from 0.35% in Sicily to 13.3% in Lombardy.
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spelling pubmed-79759162021-03-24 COVID-19 in Italy: impact of containment measures and prevalence estimates of infection in the general population Signorelli, Carlo Scognamiglio, Thea Odone, Anna Acta Biomed Short Papers Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, the Italian Government implemented several restrictive measures to contain the spread of the infection. Data shows that, among these measures, the lockdown implemented as of 9 March had a positive impact, in particular the central and southern regions of Italy, while other actions appeared to be less effective. When the true prevalence of a disease is unknown, it is possible estimate it, based on mortality data and the assumptive case-fatality rate of the disease. Given these assumptions, the estimated period-prevalence of COVID-19 in Italy varies from 0.35% in Sicily to 13.3% in Lombardy. Mattioli 1885 2020 2020-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7975916/ /pubmed/32275287 http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i3-S.9511 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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