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Major infectious diseases In 19 editions of 36.
Major infectious diseases was published in 19 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2005 to 2023. The 2012 edition carries it in 96 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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Africa
45 entriesAngola
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
- hepatitis A,
- typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Benin
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Botswana
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria (2009)
Burkina Faso
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Burundi
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Cameroon
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Central African Republic
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Chad
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Cote d'Ivoire
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Djibouti
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Egypt
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- Rift Valley fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Equatorial Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and yellow fever
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Eritrea
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria (2009)
Swaziland now Eswatini
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Ethiopia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Gabon
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and chikungunya
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Gambia, The now The Gambia
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Ghana
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- aerosolized dust or soil contact disease:
- Lassa fever
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Guinea-Bissau
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Kenya
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and Rift Valley fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Liberia
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- aerosolized dust or soil contact disease:
- Lassa fever
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Madagascar
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- chikungunya, malaria, and plague
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Malawi
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and plague
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Mali
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis (2009)
Mauritania
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and Rift Valley fever
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Mozambique
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and plague
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Namibia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
Niger
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Nigeria
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria and yellow fever
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- aerosolized dust or soil contact disease:
- one of the most highly endemic areas for Lassa fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis and shistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Rwanda
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Sao Tome and Principe
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Senegal
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, dengue fever, malaria, Rift Valley fever, and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Sierra Leone
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- aerosolized dust or soil contact disease:
- Lassa fever (2009)
Somalia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
South Africa
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
South Sudan
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne disease:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria,
- dengue fever,
- African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
Sudan
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria,
- dengue fever,
- African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Tanzania
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and plague
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Togo
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- respiratory disease:
- meningococcal meningitis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Uganda
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Zambia
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and plague are high risks in some locations
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Zimbabwe
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Asia
10 entriesAfghanistan
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Bangladesh
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Bhutan
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
China
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever
- soil contact disease:
- hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
India
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- chikungunya, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Nepal
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and dengue fever (2009)
Pakistan
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Russia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Sri Lanka
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and chikungunya
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies (2009)
Tajikistan
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- malaria (2009)
Central America and the Caribbean
10 entriesBelize
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Costa Rica
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2009)
Cuba
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2009)
Dominican Republic
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
El Salvador
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Guatemala
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Haiti
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Honduras
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Nicaragua
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Panama
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and malaria (2009)
Europe
8 entriesCroatia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Estonia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- tickborne encephalitis (2009)
Hungary
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
- vectorborne diseases:
- tickborne encephalitis (2009)
Latvia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- tickborne encephalitis (2009)
Lithuania
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- tickborne encephalitis (2009)
Montenegro
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (2009)
Poland
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- tickborne encephalitis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Serbia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Middle East
3 entriesIran
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Iraq
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Yemen
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- schistosomiasis (2009)
North America
1 entryMexico
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Oceania
1 entryPapua New Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2009)
South America
9 entriesArgentina
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Bolivia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Colombia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Ecuador
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Guyana
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Paraguay
- degree of risk:
- intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and malaria (2009)
Peru
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Suriname
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever, Mayaro virus, and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Venezuela
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne disease:
- dengue fever and malaria (2009)
Southeast Asia
9 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Cambodia
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Indonesia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- chikungunya, dengue fever, and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Laos
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Malaysia
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Philippines
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis (2009)
Thailand
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
- animal contact disease:
- rabies
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Timor-Leste
- degree of risk:
- very high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- chikungunya, dengue fever and malaria (2009)
Vietnam
- degree of risk:
- high
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, and plague
- water contact disease:
- leptospirosis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Major infectious diseases”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/major-infectious-diseases/2012.