The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 People and Society
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 2018 edition carries it in 124 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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Africa
46 entriesAngola
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea,
- hepatitis A,
- typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Benin
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Botswana
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria (2016)
Burkina Faso
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Burundi
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Cabo Verde
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Cameroon
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Central African Republic
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Chad
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-gambiense (African sleeping sickness) (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Djibouti
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
Egypt
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
Equatorial Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Eritrea
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
Eswatini
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
Ethiopia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Gabon
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Gambia, The now The Gambia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Ghana
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases:
- Lassa fever (2016)
Guinea-Bissau
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Kenya
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Liberia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases:
- Lassa fever (2016)
Madagascar
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Malawi
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Mali
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Mauritania
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Mozambique
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Namibia
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
Niger
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Nigeria
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis and schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
- aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases:
- Lassa fever (2016)
Rwanda
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Sao Tome and Principe
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
Senegal
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Sierra Leone
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- aerosolized dust or soil contact diseases:
- Lassa fever (2016)
Somalia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Rift Valley fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
South Africa
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
South Sudan
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria,
- dengue fever,
- trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness) (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Sudan
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Tanzania
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and Rift Valley fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis and leptospirosis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Togo
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
- respiratory diseases:
- meningococcal meningitis (2016)
Uganda
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria, dengue fever, and trypanosomiasis-Gambiense (African sleeping sickness) (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Zambia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Zimbabwe
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria and dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Asia
10 entriesAfghanistan
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria (2016)
Bangladesh
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Bhutan
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
China
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- Japanese encephalitis (2016)
- soil contact diseases:
- hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) (2016)
India
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Nepal
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and dengue fever (2016)
Pakistan
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Russia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- tickborne encephalitis (2016)
Sri Lanka
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Tajikistan
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- malaria (2016)
Central America and the Caribbean
28 entriesAnguilla
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Antigua and Barbuda
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Aruba
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Barbados
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Belize
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Cayman Islands
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Costa Rica
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Cuba
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Curacao
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Dominica
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Dominican Republic
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
El Salvador
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Grenada
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Guatemala
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Haiti
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Honduras
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Jamaica
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Nicaragua
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Panama
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Puerto Rico
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Saint Barthelemy
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Saint Lucia
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Saint Martin
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Sint Maarten
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Trinidad and Tobago
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Turks and Caicos Islands
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Virgin Islands
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Europe
8 entriesMontenegro
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (2016)
Middle East
3 entriesIran
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (2016)
Iraq
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
Yemen
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
North America
1 entryMexico
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Oceania
8 entriesAmerican Samoa
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Fiji
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Marshall Islands
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
New Caledonia
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Papua New Guinea
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Samoa
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Tonga
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
South America
10 entriesArgentina
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Bolivia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Brazil
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- schistosomiasis (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Colombia
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and yellow fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Ecuador
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Guyana
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Paraguay
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Peru
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Bartonellosis (Oroya fever) (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Suriname
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Venezuela
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Southeast Asia
10 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
- animal contact diseases:
- rabies (2016)
Cambodia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria (2016)
Indonesia
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
Laos
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
Malaysia
- degree of risk:
- intermediate (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
Philippines
- degree of risk:
- high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
- water contact diseases:
- leptospirosis (2016)
Singapore
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
Thailand
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria (2016)
Timor-Leste
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever and malaria (2016)
Vietnam
- degree of risk:
- very high (2016)
- food or waterborne diseases:
- bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever (2016)
- vectorborne diseases:
- dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis (2016)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Major infectious diseases”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/major-infectious-diseases/2018.