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ArticleAIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers2021

A chemical engineer's take of COVID-19 epidemiology.

Saxena Nikita, Ruchir Raman, Anurag S Rathore

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Article in AIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 54% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saxena NikitaDepartment of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi India.
Ruchir RamanDepartment of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi India.
Anurag S RathoreDepartment of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5913-4244
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus spreading worldwide, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization 3 months after the outbreak. Termed as COVID-19, airborne or surface transmission occurs as droplets/aerosols and seems to be reduced by social distancing and wearing mask. Demographic and geo-temporal factors like population density, temperature, healthcare system efficiency index and lockdown stringency index also influence the COVID-19 epidemiological curve. In the present study, an attempt is made to relate these factors with curve characteristics (mean and variance) using the classical residence time distribution analysis. An analogy is drawn between the continuous stirred tank reactor and infection in a given country. The 435 days dataset for 15 countries, where the first wave of epidemic is almost ending, have been considered in this study. Using method of moments technique, dispersion coefficient has been calculated. Regression analysis has been conducted to relate parameters with the curve characteristics.

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COVID‐19dispersion coefficientepidemiologyresidence time distribution

Identifiers

PMID34511626
PMCPMC8420451
OpenAlexW3175452607

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