Editorial: Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics 2.0.

This Special Issue includes six original articles and one review article, all reflecting the unified scientific research endeavors and professional expertise for a shared objective, which were published between July 2023 and November 2023 [...

The risk of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant emergence in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

We estimated the probability of undetected emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in 25 low and middle-income countries (LMICs) prior to December 5, 2021. In nine countries, the risk exceeds 50 %; in Turkey, Pakistan and the Philippines, it exceeds 99 %. Risks are generally lower in the Americas than Europe or Asia.