Valeria d'Andrea, Filippo Trentini, Valentina Marziano, Agnese Zardini, Mattia Manica, Giorgio Guzzetta, Marco Ajelli, Daniele Petrone, Martina Del Manso, Chiara Sacco, Xanthi Andrianou, Antonino Bella, Flavia Riccardo, Patrizio Pezzotti, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler
Quantifying the potential spatial spread of an infectious pathogen is key to defining effective containment and control strategies. The aim of this study is to estimate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at different distances in Italy before the first regional lockdown was imposed, identifying important sources of national spreading. To do this, we leverage on a probabilistic model applied to daily symptomatic cases retrospectively ascertained in each Italian municipality with symptom onset between January 28 and March 7, 2020...
April 29, 2024: BMC Infectious Diseases