Editorial: Highlights in emerging tropical diseases 2021/22

The urgency occasioned by pandemic for public health organisms and health ministries around the world pushed researchers to look for alternatives given the scarcity of diagnostic reagents (Gomez-Marin, 2020).Finally, the article https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fitd.2021.718047/full that describes the epidemiological and ecological determinants for spotted fever in Minas Gerais state in Brazil, contributes with crucial information for this largely unexplored cause of febrile diseases. The situation revealed by this work provide lines of action for public health measures, including active surveillance and control for vectors of this disease.In summary, this research topic provides a frame of analysis for critical issues in emerging tropical infectious diseases, one of the most important current global challenges.