Traveler's guide to avoiding infectious diseases

Central America (general area)

insect-borne diseases: malaria, cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), dengue fever, Venezuelan equine encephalitis
water- and food-borne diseases: amoebic dysentery, dysentery, typhoid fever, cholera, Hepatitis A, intestinal worms (helminthic infection)
other: rabies

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

visceral leishmaniasis

Mexico, Guatemala

onchocerciasis

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Costa Rica

filariasis

Caribbean Islands

insect-borne diseases: see below
water- and food-borne diseases: Hepatitis A, dysentery, amebic dysentery
other: see below

Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama

oriental lung fluke (paragonimiasis)

Dominican Republic

malaria, schistosomiasis

Cuba

liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Haiti

malaria, tularemia

Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia

schistosomiasis

Tropical South America

insect-borne diseases: malaria, American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease), cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, yellow fever, viral encephalitis, Dengue fever
water- and food-borne diseases: amebiasis, dysentery, intestinal worms, helminthic infections, Hepatitis A

Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

visceral leishmaniasis

Brazil, Guyana, Suriname

filariasis

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru

plague

Colombia, Peru

typhus

Temperate South America

insect-borne diseases: American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)
water- and food-borne diseases: salmonellosis, tapeworm (taeniasis), typhoid fever, echinococcosis, Hepatitis A
anthrax

Argentina

malaria, cutaneous leishmaniasis, cholera, Hepatitis A, rabies

Chile

cholera

East Asia (general area)

insect-borne diseases: see below
water- and food-borne diseases: Hepatitis A, diarrheal diseases, oriental liver fluke (clonorchiasis), oriental lung fluke (paragonimiasis)
other: Hepatitis B
rabies

China

malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, plague, typhus, poliomyelitis, trachoma, leptospirosis

Mongolia

Korean hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, Dengue fever

Japan, Republic of Korea

scrub typhus

Southeast Asia

insect-borne diseases: malaria, filariasis, plague, Japanese encephalitis, Dengue fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, typhus
water- and food-borne diseases: cholera, dysentery, amebic dysentery, typhoid fever, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, giant intestinal fluke (fasciolopsiasis), paragonimiasis, melioidosis
other: Hepatitis B, schistosomiasis, poliomyelitis
rabies

Vietnam

plague, trachoma

Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand

trachoma

Indian subcontinent

insect-borne diseases: malaria, filariasis, sandfly fever, visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, relapsing fever, typhus, dengue fever, hemorrhagic fevers
water- and food-borne diseases: cholera, typhoid fever, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, intestinal worms (helminthic infections), brucellosis, echinococcosis
other: Hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, trachoma,
rabies