Why the Spread of Emerging Diseases?
With the Cold War over, the world no longer competes militarily and instead entered into an era of global trade, modernization, and economic development. International trade and travel increased. Human entry into remote areas of the world increased in the search for raw materials and led to contact with insect vectors and animals with zoophytic diseases not previously encountered. Further complicating the problem is the fact that modern modes of transportation can move disease from one end of the earth to another in as little as 24 hours.6 As employment opportunities increase in the industrial world, Third World citizens migrate for jobs on a legal or illegal basis. The dental profession cares for both sick and well people of every race and ethnicity. Dentists are exposed to everyone and everything because care and well-being are their credos. Dentists, therefore, must be aware of the rapid changes in public health policy and information transfer. Insect or arthropod vectors are also b
