Although the invention of pesticides, better hygiene and sanitation, and improved physical barriers have contributed to the decreased incidence of these type of infections, globalization, deforestation, and global warming are causing Vector-borne diseases to experience a comeback. Vector-borne diseases were the cause of great plagues in the previous centuries and continue to take human lives every year. Vector-borne diseases are transmitted, either biologically or mechanically, via insect vectors or animal vectors. International multinational cooperation is needed to improve the development and availability of drugs and vaccines at a global level, as well as, improving preventive health services, keeping safe all repositories of infectious agents, and the establishment of an International Health Security System focused on Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control. In addition, the disposal of biological waste and the weaponization of pathogenic microorganisms are phenomena with serious consequences. The International Health Security panorama is changing with the incorporation of vast geographical areas to the agroindustry the displacement of large population groups either due to problems of floods, drought, wars, or people that search for better living conditions. The transcontinental global movement of human populations, animals, products, and food in unprecedented numbers and at immeasurable speeds has determined the emergence of new plagues. The next plagues are coming, that is for sure, we just do not know when and where they will emerge. The current COVID-19 pandemic has given the world a new lesson that the war against human pathogens is not over.
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