Changes in the spatial distribution of COVID-19 incidence in Italy using GIS-based maps
Journal article
Authors | Martellucci, Cecilia Acuti, Sah, Ranjit, Rabaan, Ali A., Dhama, Kuldeep, Casalone, Cristina, Arteaga-Livias, Kovy, Sawano, Toyoaki, Ozaki, Akihiko, Bhandari, Divya, Higuchi, Asaka, Kotera, Y., Fathah, Zareena, Roy, Namrata, Ur Rahman, Mohammed Ateeq, Tanimoto, Tetsuya and Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. |
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Abstract | Massive spreading of the pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in different continents [1, 2], have been observed. Analyses mostly focused on the number of cases per country and administrative levels, multiple times without considering the relevance of the incidence rates. These help to see the concentration of disease among the population in terms of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Even more using geographical information systems (GIS)-based maps stakeholder may rapidly analyze changes in the epidemiological situation [3, 4]. Although the epidemic of COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in Italy on January 31, 2020, no reports on the use of GIS-based maps have been published to analyze the distinct differences in incidence rates across its regions and provinces during the last months. For these reasons, we have developed epidemiological maps of incidence rates using official populations, by regions and provinces, for COVID-19 in Italy using GIS. |
Keywords | Microbiology (medical); Infectious Diseases; General Medicine |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob |
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials | |
Journal citation | 19 (1) |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
ISSN | 1476-0711 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-020-00373-z |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625111 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625111 | |
Publication dates | 18 Jul 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Aug 2020, 16:08 |
Accepted | Jul 2020 |
Contributors | University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, 243 122, India, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta (IZSPLV), Turin, Italy, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Huánuco, Peru, Universidad Cientifica del Sur, Calle Cantuarias 398, Miraflores, 15074, Lima, Peru, Sendai City Medical Center, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan Medical Governance Research Institute, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan and University of Derby |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/94926/changes-in-the-spatial-distribution-of-covid-19-incidence-in-italy-using-gis-based-maps
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