Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter!
The ongoing pandemic is the result of the spread of a recently identified Coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus – 2). Since 31th December 2019, when the first cluster was reported in Wuhan (China), the global Novel COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases si...
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| author | Giorgia Casti Pier Paolo Bassareo Marco Limone Filippo Pistolesi Vassilios Fanos Maria Antonietta Marcialis |
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| description | The ongoing pandemic is the result of the spread of a recently identified Coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus – 2).
Since 31th December 2019, when the first cluster was reported in Wuhan (China), the global Novel COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases significantly increased, and on 12th March 2020, the WHO Director declared the disease as pandemic.
As of April 28th 2020, 2.982,688 cases and 210,193 deaths were reported globally.
The aim of this article is the analysis of the main epidemiological characteristics of the current pandemic: transmission, basic reproduction number (R0), incubation period, global, European and Italian confirmed cases and deaths, focusing on the paediatric population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f3f305b34658445184565f446b1a1b192022-12-21T23:07:10ZengHygeia Press di Corridori MarinellaJournal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine2281-06922020-05-0192e090203e09020310.7363/090203803Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter!Giorgia Casti0Pier Paolo Bassareo1Marco Limone2Filippo Pistolesi3Vassilios Fanos4Maria Antonietta Marcialis5School of Pediatrics, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyUniversity College of Dublin, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Republic of IrelandSchool of Pediatrics, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalySchool of Pediatrics, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOU Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; Department of Surgery, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, AOU Cagliari, Cagliari, ItalyThe ongoing pandemic is the result of the spread of a recently identified Coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus – 2). Since 31th December 2019, when the first cluster was reported in Wuhan (China), the global Novel COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases significantly increased, and on 12th March 2020, the WHO Director declared the disease as pandemic. As of April 28th 2020, 2.982,688 cases and 210,193 deaths were reported globally. The aim of this article is the analysis of the main epidemiological characteristics of the current pandemic: transmission, basic reproduction number (R0), incubation period, global, European and Italian confirmed cases and deaths, focusing on the paediatric population.https://www.jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/951covid-19sars-cov-22019-ncovcoronavirusepidemiologychildrenreview |
| spellingShingle | Giorgia Casti Pier Paolo Bassareo Marco Limone Filippo Pistolesi Vassilios Fanos Maria Antonietta Marcialis Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine covid-19 sars-cov-2 2019-ncov coronavirus epidemiology children review |
| title | Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! |
| title_full | Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! |
| title_short | Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2: numbers matter! |
| title_sort | epidemiology of sars cov 2 numbers matter |
| topic | covid-19 sars-cov-2 2019-ncov coronavirus epidemiology children review |
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