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Case-fatality rate and characteristics of patients dying in relation to COVID-19 in Italy

Onder, Graziano, Rezza, Giovanni, Brusaferro, Silvio·2020·JAMA

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This Viewpoint from physicians with the Italian National Institute of Health confirms a higher case-fatality rate from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy compared with China and explains possible reasons, including age, cause of death definitions, and testing strategy.

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Authors
Onder, G., Rezza, G., & Brusaferro, S.
Affiliations
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (IT)
Corresponding author
Onder, Graziano
Venue
JAMA
Published
2020-03-23
Volume
323
Issue
18
Pages
1775-1776
ISSN
  • 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
  • 0098-7484
OpenAlex
W3012925204
Cited by
4,171
References
10
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 77 · 2024: 163 · 2023: 316 · 2022: 643 · 2021: 1139 · 2020: 1814 · 2019: 2
FWCI
127.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • JAMA (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System (University of Udine) (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, case fatality rate, mortality, Italy, age as risk factor, diagnostic testing strategy
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Testing, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Child, Child, Preschool, China, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Population Surveillance, Sex Factors, Comorbidity, Cluster Analysis, Age Distribution, Coronavirus Infections, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Young Adult, Pandemics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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