Epidemiological Analysis of the Covid-19 Epidemic in Greece

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 26:272:21-23. doi: 10.3233/SHTI200483.

Abstract

During the last months the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019) has been recognized as a global threat. Transmission of the infection has rapidly increased in Europe as well as in Greece, living behind a huge number of deaths. During this situation an analysis of the spread of the disease must be undertaken and characteristics of the virus must be recognized. For the analysis of the impact of the disease in the population during this time period, epidemiological indexes have been introduced.

Keywords: epidemiological indexes; infection COVID-19; infection disease; virus.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2