A forecasting model to estimate the drop in blood supplies during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy.

Ilaria PatiClaudio VelatiCarlo MengoliMassimo FranchiniFrancesca MasielloGiuseppe MaranoEva VeropalumboStefania VaglioVanessa PiccininiSimonetta PupellaGiancarlo M Liumbruno

Published in: Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) (2021)

This forecasting model can be used to obtain information on blood donors' involvement during future SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, especially in case of changes concerning epidemiology, incidence by age bracket and geographical distribution and also for new outbreaks of emerging viruses.

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
risk factors
coronavirus disease
current status
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