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Title

Informing the global COVID‐19 response by estimating excess deaths in Italy during the COVID‐19 and 1918 influenza pandemics.

Authors

Gillezeau, Christina; Alpert, Naomi; Caltabiano, Marcantonio; Flores, Raja; Taioli, Emanuela

Abstract

The results of this study show that excess mortality in Italy during the 1918 influenza pandemic was much higher than the excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. GLO:OCQ/01sep21:jmv27052-fig-0001.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): 1 Mortality rate ratio (MRR) in Italy during the 1918 Flu and coronavirus disease pandemics, compared with the corresponding 5 previous years gl The elderly appear to be a particularly vulnerable group during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Informing the global COVID-19 response by estimating excess deaths in Italy during the COVID-19 and 1918 influenza pandemics.

Subjects

ITALY; INFLUENZA; COVID-19 pandemic; INFLUENZA pandemic, 1918-1919; COVID-19; CELL phone tracking; CENSUS

Publication

Journal of Medical Virology, 2021, Vol 93, Issue 9, p5239

ISSN

0146-6615

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/jmv.27052

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