Editorial: Highlights in emerging tropical diseases 2021/22

Abstract

The articles in this Research Topic, “Highlights in Emerging Tropical Diseases 2021/22”, are a demonstration of the central place that the control of infections in tropical settings has during the current global climate change situation. The last report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) group confirms with high confidence that climate change will increase the number of deaths and the global burden of non-communicable and infectious diseases. The increase in temperature (global warming) is one of the variables with the greatest impact on climate change and is responsible for the increase in vector-borne diseases. The call for specific action from the specialists that inaugurated the new journal, Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, is presented in the first article of the present Research Topic and is a perfect summary of the current status of the challenges presented by emerging infectious diseases in tropical regions (Rodriguez-Morales et al.). Certainly, the increasing urgencies due to climate change are being presented faster than anticipated (2) and will need energetic concerted action....