AUTHOR=El Deeb Omar , Hattaf Khalid , Kharroubi Samer A. TITLE=Editorial: Modeling of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases: Mathematical, statistical and biophysical analysis of spread patterns JOURNAL=Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics VOLUME=9 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/applied-mathematics-and-statistics/articles/10.3389/fams.2023.1178479 DOI=10.3389/fams.2023.1178479 ISSN=2297-4687