Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Avicenna Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2383-0298 13 3 2026 09 29 Mass Gatherings and the Emerging Viral Infections 199 200 10.34172/ajcmi.3988 EN Shakiba Seifi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8759-5817 Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3148-6782 Mohammad Yousef Alikhani https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4577-4029 Manish Pratap Singh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8153-9598 Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3565-3020 EDITORIAL 10.34172/ajcmi.3988 2026 06 13 2026 07 07