Influenza-associated pneumonia as reference to assess seriousness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

K Tolksdorf, S Buda, E Schuler, LH Wieler… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Information on severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)(transmissibility, disease
seriousness, impact) is crucial for preparation of healthcare sectors. We present a simple …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital outcomes of community-acquired COVID-19 versus influenza: Insights from the Swiss hospital-based surveillance of influenza and COVID-19

GM Fröhlich, MEA De Kraker, M Abbas… - …, 2022 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease has frequently been
compared with seasonal influenza, but this comparison is based on little empirical data. Aim …

[HTML][HTML] Rapidly increasing cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 1 …

P Kinross, C Suetens, JG Dias, L Alexakis… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
The cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is showing similar
trends in European Union/European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) early findings from a teaching hospital in Pavia, North Italy, 21 to 28 February 2020

M Colaneri, P Sacchi, V Zuccaro, S Biscarini… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
We describe clinical characteristics, treatments and outcomes of 44 Caucasian patients with
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a single hospital in Pavia, Italy, from 21–28 February …

Early experience of an infectious and tropical diseases unit during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Florence, Italy, February to March 2020

F Lagi, M Piccica, L Graziani, I Vellere, A Botta… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
We analysed the first 84 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients hospitalised in an
infectious and tropical disease unit in Florence, Italy, over 30 days after the start of the …

Rapid establishment of a national surveillance of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Belgium

N Van Goethem, A Vilain, C Wyndham-Thomas… - Archives of Public …, 2020 - Springer
Background In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, caused by a novel coronavirus, it was of
great importance to rapidly collect as much accurate information as possible in order to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating number of cases and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using critical care admissions, United Kingdom, February to March 2020

M Jit, T Jombart, ES Nightingale, A Endo… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
An exponential growth model was fitted to critical care admissions from two surveillance
databases to determine likely coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case numbers, critical care …

[HTML][HTML] The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: characterisation of cases and risk factors for severe outcomes, as at 27 April 2020

Working group for the surveillance and control … - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Background The first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread rapidly
in Spain, one of Europe's most affected countries. A national lockdown was implemented on …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology and public health response in early phase of COVID-19 pandemic, Veneto Region, Italy, 21 February to 2 April 2020

F Russo, G Pitter, F Da Re, M Tonon… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Background Veneto was one of the Italian regions hit hardest by the early phase of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Aim This paper describes the public health …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics and risk factors associated with severe COVID-19: prospective analysis of 1,045 hospitalised cases in North-Eastern France, March …

C Kaeuffer, C Le Hyaric, T Fabacher… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Background In March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World
Health Organization. Aim Our objective was to identify risk factors predictive of severe …