Coronavirus

To support global research during the COVID-19 pandemic, AIP Publishing has made this collection of articles on infectious diseases, epidemics, computational epidemiology, and pandemics free to read.

Credit: CDC/ Hannah A Bullock; Azaibi Tamin. Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots.

The latest novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 and its resultant disease COVID-19, has reached pandemic status. Researchers in all fields, from medicine, chemistry, structural biology, and even physics, are hard at work to contain the outbreak. To aid researchers working on this important global issue, AIP Publishing has identified this collection of relevant research articles and made them free for the global research community to read.

These articles examine several aspects of infectious diseases, epidemics, computational epidemiology, and pandemics. The collection includes papers published in several AIP Publishing journals and AIP Conference Proceedings on topics including: computational methods spanning complex networks, evolutionary methodologies, random walk dynamics, mechanistic models, and more. The results report many interesting facets of disease spreading and control, including the effect of human behaviors, geographical network structures, and responsive immunization vaccine success.

Additional articles on COVID-19 and its impact on science and the community are available in Physics Today.

 

Article Title Journal Keywords
Strong correlations between power-law growth of COVID-19 in four continents and the inefficiency of soft quarantine strategies Chaos epidemic, disease control
Growing networks with communities: A distributive link model Chaos epidemic, outbreak
Modeling Epidemics with Dynamic Small-World Networks AIP Conference Proceedings epidemic threshold, infectious disease
Spatial Epidemic Modelling in Social Networks AIP Conference Proceedings epidemic
Self-organized criticality in human epidemiology AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of Gas-particulate Flow around Breathing Human and Particulate Inhalation AIP Conference Proceedings SARS
Epidemiologic Insights into Stone Disease as a Systemic Disorder AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Correlations between structure and random walk dynamics in directed complex networks Applied Physics Letters disease spreading
Computational Evolutionary Methodology for Knowledge Discovery and Forecasting in Epidemiology and Medicine AIP Conference Proceedings pandemic
Influences of degree inhomogeneity on average path length and random walks in disassortative scale-free networks Journal of Mathematical Physics disease spreading
Reaction-Superdiffusion Systems in Epidemiology, an Application of Fractional Calculus AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Inactivation of H1N1 viruses exposed to acidic ozone water Applied Physics Letters pandemic
Accurate noise projection for reduced stochastic epidemic models Chaos stochastic epidemic model
Inhomogeneity of epidemic spreading Chaos epidemic
CFD Simulation of Spread Risks of Infectious Disease due to Interactive Wind and Ventilation Airflows via Window Openings in High-Rise Buildings AIP Conference Proceedings infectious disease
On the possible role of robustness in the evolution of infectious diseases Chaos infectious disease
Impact of degree heterogeneity on the behavior of trapping in Koch networks Chaos disease spreading
Optimal Conditions for the Control Problem Associated to a Biomedical Process AIP Conference Proceedings infectous disease
Epidemics Modelings: Some New Challenges AIP Conference Proceedings disease spreading
Adaptive mechanism between dynamical synchronization and epidemic behavior on complex networks Chaos epidemic, disease spreading
Parameter Estimation in Epidemiology: from Simple to Complex Dynamics AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Variability of contact process in complex networks Chaos disease spreading
The impact of awareness on epidemic spreading in networks Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic, infectious disease
Network extreme eigenvalue: From mutimodal to scale-free networks Chaos epidemic threshold
Epidemic variability in hierarchical geographical networks with human activity patterns Chaos pandemic
Describing dengue epidemics: Insights from simple mechanistic models AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Understanding the effect of vector dynamics in epidemic models using center manifold analysis AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
On nonstandard finite difference schemes in biosciences AIP Conference Proceedings epidemiology
Interplay between collective behavior and spreading dynamics on complex networks Chaos infectous disease
Effects of weak ties on epidemic predictability on community networks Chaos epidemic
Traffic-driven epidemic outbreak on complex networks: How long does it take? Chaos outbreak
Inhomogeneity of epidemic spreading with entropy-based infected clusters Chaos epidemic
Responsive immunization and intervention for infectious diseases in social networks Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic, infectious disease
Epidemic spreading in time-varying community networks Chaos epidemic, outbreak
Suppression of epidemic spreading in complex networks by local information based behavioral responses Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic, disease spreading
Estimating the epidemic threshold on networks by deterministic connections Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic
Effects of dynamic quarantine and nonlinear infection rate in a model for computer worms propagation AIP Conference Proceedings disease control
A model for HIV/AIDS pandemic with optimal control AIP Conference Proceedings pandemic
Numerical identification of epidemic thresholds for susceptible-infected-recovered model on finite-size networks Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic, outbreak
Interplay between the local information based behavioral responses and the epidemic spreading in complex networks Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic
The effect of randomness for dependency map on the robustness of interdependent lattices Chaos disease spreading
Local immunization program for susceptible-infected-recovered network epidemic model Chaos infectious disease, disease control
Dynamical transmission model of MERS-CoV in two areas AIP Conference Proceedings coronavirus, MERS, MERS-CoV
Epidemic spreading with activity-driven awareness diffusion on multiplex network Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic
Cooperative spreading processes in multiplex networks Chaos epidemic threshold, epidemic
Recovery rate affects the effective epidemic threshold with synchronous updating Chaos epidemic threshold, outbreak
Network inoculation: Heteroclinics and phase transitions in an epidemic model Chaos outbreak
Effects of quasiperiodic forcing in epidemic models Chaos epidemic
The impact of vaccine success and awareness on epidemic dynamics Chaos epidemic threshold
More Models of Infection: It’s Epidemic Computing in Science and Engineering epidemic
Computational Epidemiology Computing in Science and Engineering epidemiology
Computational model of a vector-mediated epidemic American Journal of Physics epidemiology
On coughing and airborne droplet transmission to humans Physics of Fluids diseases and conditions, aerosols, fluid dynamics, multiphase flows
Asymptotic estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection counts and their sensitivity to stochastic perturbation  Chaos epidemiology, viruses, diseases and conditions, modeling
Topological analysis of SARS CoV-2 main protease Chaos protein structure, topological analysis, antiviral drugs
Likelihood of survival of coronavirus in a respiratory droplet deposited on a solid surface Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, droplets, virus transmission
Can a toilet promote virus transmission? From a fluid dynamics perspective Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, multiphase flows, diseases and conditions
On respiratory droplets and face masks Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, multiphase flows, diseases and conditions
Visualizing the effectiveness of face masks in obstructing respiratory jets Physics of Fluids cloud and fog physics, aerosols, diseases and conditions, fluid jets, pathogens
Modeling the role of respiratory droplets in Covid-19 type pandemics Physics of Fluids fluid jets, diseases and conditions, aerosols, droplet physics
Cluster-based dual evolution for multivariate time series: Analyzing COVID-19 Chaos time series analysis, epidemiology, diseases and conditions, computer simulation
Sneezing and asymptomatic virus transmission Physics of Fluids aerosols, epidemics, computational fluid dynamics, diseases and conditions
Dynamic interplay between social distancing duration and intensity in reducing COVID-19 US hospitalizations: A “law of diminishing returns” Chaos epidemic modeling, diseases and conditions
A predictive model of the temperature-dependent inactivation of coronaviruses Applied Physics Letters modeling and thermal inactivation
Effects of gravity and surface tension on steady microbubble propagation in asymmetric bifurcating airways Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
Tailoring surface wettability to reduce chances of infection of COVID-19 by a respiratory droplet and to improve the effectiveness of personal protection equipment Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
The dispersion of spherical droplets in source–sink flows and their relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
Numerical modeling of the distribution of virus carrying saliva droplets during sneeze and cough Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
Transport and fate of human expiratory droplets—A modeling approach Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
Virus transmission from urinals Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission
Particle modeling of the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, epidemics, diseases and conditions
Reopening dentistry after COVID-19: Complete suppression of aerosolization in dental procedures by viscoelastic Medusa Gorgo Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, imaging, diseases and conditions
Universal trends in human cough airflows at large distances Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, imaging, diseases and conditions
Visualizing droplet dispersal for face shields and masks with exhalation valves Physics of Fluids aerosols, diseases and conditions, fluid dynamics
Breakup morphology of expelled respiratory liquid: From the perspective of hydrodynamic instabilities Physics of Fluids flow instabilities, diseases and conditions, fluid dynamics
Assessment of proton-coupled conformational dynamics of SARS and MERS coronavirus papain-like proteases: Implication for designing broad-spectrum antiviral inhibitors Journal of Chemical Physics Antiviral drugs
Engineering photonics solutions for COVID-19 APL Photonics photonics, biosensors, diagnostic technologies, disinfection technologies
Recharging and rejuvenation of decontaminated N95 masks Physics of Fluids diseases and conditions, aerosols, electrostatics
Weather impact on airborne coronavirus survival Physics of Fluids computational fluid dynamics, viruses, diseases and conditions
Transmission of airborne virus through sneezed and coughed droplets Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, droplets, diseases and conditions
Enhancing sensitivity of lateral flow assay with application to SARS-CoV-2 Applied Physics Letters diagnostic technologies, antibody tests, lateral flow assays
Power-law distribution in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases Chaos epidemiology, diseases and conditions, mathematical modeling
COVID-19 in the United States: Trajectories and second surge behavior Chaos epidemiology, diseases and conditions, time series analysis
Phenomenological dynamics of COVID-19 pandemic: Meta-analysis for adjustment parameters Chaos epidemiology, mathematical modeling
The effect of heterogeneity on hypergraph contagion models Chaos networks, epidemic spreading, mathematical modeling
Fractional diffusion on the human proteome as an alternative to the multi-organ damage of SARS-CoV-2 Chaos networks, fractional diffusion, diseases and conditions
Forecasting the daily and cumulative number of cases for the COVID-19 pandemic in India Chaos epidemic modeling, diseases and conditions
Reducing chances of COVID-19 infection by a cough cloud in a closed space Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, virus transmission, droplets
A mathematical framework for estimating risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19 with application to face mask use and social distancing Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics ,mathematical modeling, virus transmission
A numerical study of the aerosol behavior in intra-acinar region of a human lung Physics of Fluids computational fluid dynamics, mathematical modeling, virus transmission
Numerical investigation of aerosol transport in a classroom with relevance to COVID-19 Physics of Fluids computational fluid dynamics, virus transmission, aerosol transport
Molecular determinants of Ebola nucleocapsid stability from molecular dynamics simulations Journal of Chemical Physics Antiviral drugs, modelling viral capsids
Coronavirus rotational diffusivity Physics of Fluids rotational diffusion, transport properties, diseases and conditions, fluid dynamics
Aerosol persistence in relation to possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2  Physics of Fluids aerosols, droplets, diseases and conditions
A novel methodology and new concept of SARS-CoV-2 elimination in heating and ventilating air conditioning systems using waste heat recovery AIP Advances SARS-CoV-2, aerosols
Dispersion of evaporating cough droplets in tropical outdoor environment Physics of Fluids viruses, aerosols, computational fluid dynamics
An experimental study of respiratory aerosol transport in phantom lung bronchioles Physics of Fluids aerosols, viruses, breathing processes
Experimental visualization of sneezing and efficacy of face masks and shields Physics of Fluids masks, sneezing, flow visualization
A study of fluid dynamics and human physiology factors driving droplet dispersion from a human sneeze Physics of Fluids fluid dynamics, biofluids, numerical methods
COVID-19 transmission in the first presidential debate in 2020 Physics of Fluids  aerosols, biofluids, viruses
Cold atmospheric plasma for SARS-CoV-2 inactivation Physics of Fluids plasmas, viruses
Flow visualization of an N95 respirator with and without an exhalation valve using schlieren imaging and light scattering Physics of Fluids flow visualization, light scattering, optical imaging
Pandemic infection rates are deterministic but cannot be modeled AIP Advances infection rates
The perspective of fluid flow behavior of respiratory droplets and aerosols through the facemasks in context of SARS-CoV-2 Physics of Fluids aerosols, diseases and conditions, biofluids
How coronavirus survives for days on surfaces Physics of Fluids diseases and conditions, surfaces, droplets
A modified SEIR model applied to the data of COVID-19 spread in Saudi Arabia AIP Advances disease spreading and epidemic
Analyzing the dominant SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes toward an ab initio disease spread model Physics of Fluids diseases and conditions, droplets, aerosols, viruses, biofluids
Liquid-curtain-based strategy to restrain plume during flushing Physics of Fluids aerosols, particle distributions, computation fluid dynamics, interfacial flows
Effects of space sizes on the dispersion of cough-generated droplets from a walking person Physics of Fluids droplet dispersion, fluid flows, diseases and conditions
Life of a droplet: Buoyant vortex dynamics drives the fate of micro-particle expiratory ejecta Physics of Fluids respiratory system, vortex dynamics, droplets
Effects of mask-wearing on the inhalability and deposition of airborne SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in human upper airway Physics of Fluids aerosols, biofluids, viruses, diseases and conditions
The motion of respiratory droplets produced by coughing Physics of Fluids respiratory system, droplets, diseases and conditions, turbulent flows
Effect of sneezing on the flow around a face shield featured Physics of Fluids vortex dynamics, aerosols, diseases and conditions
Can face masks offer protection from airborne sneeze and cough droplets in close-up, face-to-face human interactions?—A quantitative study Physics of Fluids Flow visualization, viruses, diseases and conditions
Measurement of small droplet aerosol concentrations in public spaces using handheld particle counters Physics of Fluids Aerosols, diseases and conditions
Travel restrictions during pandemics: A useful strategy? Chaos Disease spread, computational modeling
Stochastic effects on the dynamics of an epidemic due to population subdivision Chaos Mathematical modeling, epidemiology, stochastic phenomena
Reduction of roadway noise in a coastal city underwater soundscape during COVID-19 confinement The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustic ecology, Bioacoustics of mammals, Diseases and Conditions
A basic investigation into the optimization of cylindrical tubes used as acoustic stethoscopes for auscultation in COVID-19 diagnosis The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Human voice, Auditory System, Viruses
Impact of face masks on voice radiation The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech intelligibility, Acoustic Simulations, Disease and Conditions
Effects of face masks on acoustic analysis and speech perception: Implications for peri-pandemic protocols The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech intelligibility, Speech Communication, Disease and Conditions
Noise annoyance during COVID-19 lockdown: A research of public opinion before and during the pandemic The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Environmental Noise, Room Acoustics, Diseases and Conditions
Human forced expiratory noise. Origin, apparatus and possible diagnostic applications The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Bioacoustics, Respiratory System, Diseases and Conditions
Increased ambient noise and elevated vocal effort contribute to airborne transmission of COVID-19 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech Communication, Vocalization, Diseases and Conditions
Anthropause on audio: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on church bell ringing and associated soundscapes in New South Wales (Australia) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustic Noise, Acoustic Ecology, Diseases and Conditions
Effect of masks on speech intelligibility in auralized classrooms The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech intelligibility, Speech Communication, Disease and Conditions
Acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Auditoriy Perception, Speech Communication, Acoustic Attenuation
Effect of speech volume on respiratory emission of oral bacteria as a potential indicator of pathogen transmissibility risk The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Biofluids, Speech Communication, Diseases and Conditions
Lung ultrasound: The future ahead and the lessons learned from COVID-19 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Ultrasound, Organs, Diseases and Conditions
Do “brassy” sounding musical instruments need increased safe distancing requirements to minimize the spread of COVID-19? The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Musical Acoustics, Shock Waves, Fluid Dynamics
Lima soundscape before confinement and during curfew. Airplane flights suppressions because of Peruvian lockdown The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Environmental Noise, Aircraft, Acoustic Ecology
Changes in noise levels in the city of Madrid during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Environmental Noise, Acoustic Ecology, Noise Pollution
Real-time observations of the impact of COVID-19 on underwater noise The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Underwater Acoustics, Oceanography, Acoustic Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
Urban noise measurements in the City of Buenos Aires during the mandatory quarantine The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustic Noise Measurement, Active Noise Control, Environmental Noise
Artificial intelligence enabled preliminary diagnosis for COVID-19 from voice cues and questionnaires The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech analysis, speech communication, artificial intelligence
Remote sociophonetic data collection: Vowels and nasalization over video conferencing apps The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Speech recognition, human voice, phonetics
The impact of face masks on the recall of spoken sentences The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America speech perception, speech communication, diseases and conditions
On airborne virus transmission in elevators and confined spaces Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, viruses, exhaust systems
Simulation of a vacuum helmet to contain pathogen-bearing droplets in dental and otolaryngologic outpatient interventions Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, dentistry, aerosols, pathogens
Droplet evaporation residue indicating SARS-COV-2 survivability on surfaces Physics of Fluids Drop formation, aerosols, gas liquid interfaces
Jet fans in the underground car parking areas and virus transmission editors-pick Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, turbulent flows, pathogens
Disease transmission through expiratory aerosols on an urban bus featured Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, turbulent flows, aerosols
Why coronavirus survives longer on impermeable than porous surfaces  Physics of Fluids Capillary flows, porous media, viruses
Fluid dynamics and epidemiology: Seasonality and transmission dynamics Physics of Fluids Fluid dynamics, epidemiology, health informatics
Estimating COVID-19 exposure in a classroom setting: A comparison between mathematical and numerical models Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, virus transmission, ventilation
Simulation-based study of COVID-19 outbreak associated with air-conditioning in a restaurant Physics of Fluids Aerosols, turbulence simulations, computational fluid dynamics
SARS COV-2 virus-laden droplets coughed from deep lungs: Numerical quantification in a single-path whole respiratory tract geometry Physics of Fluids Aerosols, turbulence theory and modeling, viruses
Numerical study of virus transmission through droplets from sneezing in a cafeteria Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, droplets, virus transmission
Relationship between human exhalation diffusion and posture in face-to-face scenario with utterance Physics of Fluids Pathogens, aerosols, biofluids
Probability of COVID-19 infection by cough of a normal person and a super-spreader Physics of Fluids Aerosols, viruses, fluid dynamics
Eulerian–Lagrangian modeling of cough droplets irradiated by ultraviolet–C light in relation to SARS-CoV-2 transmission Physics of Fluids Turbulence simulations, aersols, biofluids
Airborne transmission of virus-laden aerosols inside a music classroom: Effects of portable purifiers and aerosol injection rates Physics of Fluids Aerosols, computational fluid dynamics, musical instruments
Transmission and evaporation of cough droplets in an elevator: Numerical simulations of some possible scenarios Physics of Fluids Computational fluid dynamics, turbulent flows, microdroplets
Direct numerical simulation of the turbulent flow generated during a violent expiratory event Physics of Fluids Turbulent flows, computational fluid dynamics, aerosols
Insights on drying and precipitation dynamics of respiratory droplets from the perspective of COVID-19 Physics of Fluids Colloidal systems, acoustic levitation, biofluids
Effect of sneezing on the flow around a face shield Physics of Fluids Aerosols, vortex dynamics, flow simulations
Fight against COVID-19: The case of antiviral surfaces APL Materials antiviral surfaces
Monitoring changes in human activity during the COVID-19 shutdown in Las Vegas using infrasound microbarometers The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustic waves, acoustic signal processing, acoustic ecology
Noise measurements as a proxy to evaluating the response to recommendations in times of crisis: An update analysis of the transition to the second wave of the CoViD-19 pandemic in Central Stockholm, Sweden The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Acoustic noise measurement, signal processing, noise pollution