Zoonosis, epidemias y el concepto “one health”

Zoonoses, epidemics and the concept “one health”

It is not easy to write an editorial and provide useful knowledge on such varied topics of vector-borne diseases (BVD) as infections of Zika, dengue, chikungunya, hantavirus, arenavirus; Tick-borne infections such as anaplasmosis, rickettsiosis and erlichiosis, as well as parasitic diseases such as leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis. In the literature about it, there are rivers of ink written, and putting order in one or two pages would be very bold. Nevertheless, it is worth highlighting the emergent and re-emerging character in which the BVDs are also framed and how the phenomena associated with globalization collaborate in its expansion and resurgence.

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