Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

July 7, 2020

Modeling the role of respiratory droplets in Covid-19 type pandemics.

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  • Chaudhuri at al. construct a macro-level model of the growth rate of the infected population and a micro-level model of the physics of respiratory droplets, combining the two with theoretical knowledge to create a tool that clarifies the role of environmental factors in COVID-19 spread. They write that, with extreme caution, the combined models could be used to estimate the potential risk of infection spread by droplet transmission for specific ambient conditions of interest. 

Chaudhuri et al. (June 30, 2020). Modeling the role of respiratory droplets in Covid-19 type pandemics. Physics of Fluids. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0015984#_i20