TABLE 94.18 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS Region Pathogens Africa, sub-Saharan African tick-bite fever, amebiasis, anthrax, Brucella, Chikungunya, cholera, cutaneous larval migrans, cysticercosis, dengue, Echinococcus, filariasis, hemorrhagic fever viruses, hepatitis A, B, and C, leishmaniasis (visceral), malaria, meningococcus, onchocerciasis, plague, polio, rabies, schistosomiasis, tetanus, trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, typhoid and nontyphi Salmonella, yellow fever Africa, Northern and Anthrax, Brucella, Echinococcus, filariasis, leishmaniasis (cutaneous, visceral), malaria, Middle East onchocerciasis, rickettsial disease, tuberculosis Asia and Indian subcontinent Europe, Western Amebiasis, Angiostrongyliasis, anthrax, Brucella, Chikungunya, cutaneous larval migrans, cysticercosis, dengue, Echinococcus, filariasis, hepatitis A, B, and C, Japanese encephalitis, leishmaniasis (visceral), malaria, melioidosis, plague, rabies, schistosomiasis, tetanus, tick-borne encephalitis, tuberculosis, typhoid Cholera, cutaneous larva migrans, dengue, diphtheria, filariasis, leishmaniasis (cutaneous), malaria, melioidosis, typhoid, nontyphi Salmonella , tuberculosis Amebiasis, anthrax, Brucella, Campylobacter, Chagas disease, cholera, cutaneous larva migrans, cysticercosis, Echinococcus, filariasis, hepatitis A and B, hemorrhagic fever viruses, leishmaniasis (visceral cutaneous), leptospirosis, malaria, melioidosis, onchocerciasis, plague, rabies, Strongyloides, tetanus, typhoid and nontyphi Salmonella, yellow fever, tuberculosis Anthrax, Brucella, diphtheria, Echinococcus, hepatitis B and C, polio, tick-borne encephalitis Brucella, leishmaniasis (visceral), Lyme disease, meningococcus, tick-borne encephalitis Mediterranean Brucella, Echinococcus, hepatitis A, B, and C, rickettsial disease Caribbean Central/South America Europe, Eastern