TY - JOUR
T1 - Covid‑19 in Northern Italy
T2 - An integrative overview of factors possibly influencing the sharp increase of the outbreak (Review)
AU - Goumenou, Marina
AU - Sarigiannis, Dimosthenis
AU - Tsatsakis, Aristidis
AU - Anesti, Ourania
AU - Docea, Anca Oana
AU - Petrakis, Dimitrios
AU - Tsoukalas, Dimitris
AU - Kostoff, Ronald
AU - Rakitskii, Valeri
AU - Spandidos, Demetrios A.
AU - Aschner, Michael
AU - Calina, Daniela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Spandidos Publications. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Italy is currently one of the countries seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As per 10 April 2020, 147,577 people were found positive in a total of 906,864 tests performed and 18,849 people lost their lives. Among all cases, 70.2% of positive, and 79.4% of deaths occurred in the provinces of Northern Italy (Lombardi, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Piemonte), where the outbreak first started. Originally, it was considered that the high number of positive cases and deaths in Italy resulted from COVID-19 initially coming to Italy from China, its presumed country of origin. However, an analysis of the factors that played a role in the extent of this outbreak is needed. Evaluating which factors could be specific for a country and which might contribute the most is nevertheless complex, with accompanying high uncertainty. The purpose of this work is to discuss some of the possible contributing factors and their possible role in the relatively high infection and death rates in Northern Italy compared to other areas and countries.
AB - Italy is currently one of the countries seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As per 10 April 2020, 147,577 people were found positive in a total of 906,864 tests performed and 18,849 people lost their lives. Among all cases, 70.2% of positive, and 79.4% of deaths occurred in the provinces of Northern Italy (Lombardi, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Piemonte), where the outbreak first started. Originally, it was considered that the high number of positive cases and deaths in Italy resulted from COVID-19 initially coming to Italy from China, its presumed country of origin. However, an analysis of the factors that played a role in the extent of this outbreak is needed. Evaluating which factors could be specific for a country and which might contribute the most is nevertheless complex, with accompanying high uncertainty. The purpose of this work is to discuss some of the possible contributing factors and their possible role in the relatively high infection and death rates in Northern Italy compared to other areas and countries.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Italy
KW - Pandemic diseases
KW - Public health
KW - Risk factors
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.3892/mmr.2020.11079
DO - 10.3892/mmr.2020.11079
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32319647
AN - SCOPUS:85084366959
SN - 1791-2997
VL - 22
SP - 20
EP - 32
JO - Molecular Medicine Reports
JF - Molecular Medicine Reports
IS - 1
ER -