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Vehicle borne: (water, foot, formats/inanimate objects)
Typhoid fever
Tapeworm
Roundworm
Giardia
Amebic dysentery
Hepatitis
Fungus
Cholera
Tetanus
Shigellosis
Vector borne: (flies, mosquitoes, other insects)
Leishmaniasis
Chagas' disease (trypanosomiasis)
Hemorrhagic fever
Malaria
Yellow fever
Animal borne:
Rabies
Direct Contact:
Syphilis (sexually transmitted)
Gonorrhea (sexually transmitted)
Leprosy
Trachoma
Yaws
Scabies (sexually transmitted)
Herpes (sexually transmitted)
Air borne:
Tuberculosis
Some of the diseases which are found In Asia and the Pacific (Categorized in terms of how they' are transmitted)
Vehicle borne: (water, food, fomites/inanimate objects)
Shigellosis
Tetanus
Schistosomiasis
Hepatitis
Vector borne: (flies, mosquitoes, other insects)
Malaria
Filariasis
Dengue Fever
Encephalitis
Plague
Direct Contact:
Syphilis (sexually transmitted)
Gonorrhea (sexually transmitted)
Yaws
Hookworm
Polio
Scabies (sexually transmitted)
Leprosy
Herpes (sexually transmitted)
Air borne:
Tuberculosis
LIST OF MAJOR DISEASES AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF ENDEMICITY
Some of the diseases which are found in Africa (Categorized in terms of how they are transmitted)
Vehicle borne: (water, food, fomites/inanimate objects)
Schistosomiasis
Amebic dysentery
Hepatitis
Tapeworm
Roundworm
Typhoid fever
Cholera
Giardiasis
Shigellosis
Vector borne: (flies, mosquitoes. other insects)
Malaria
Onchocerciasis
Filariasis
Trypanosomiasis
Direct Contact:
Hookworm
Conjunctivitis
Scabies (sexually transmitted)
Leprosy
Syphilis (sexually transmitted)
Gonorrhea (sexually transmitted)
Trachoma
Yaws
Herpes (sexually transmitted)
Animal borne:
Rabies
Air borne:
Tuberculosis
Some of the diseases which are found in North Africa and the
Middle East (Categorized In terms of how they are transmitted)
Vehicle borne: (water, food, fomites/inanimate objects)
Schistosomiasis
Hepatitis
Giardiasis
Cholera
Tetanus
Shigellosis
Vector borne: (flies, mosquitoes, other insects)
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Direct Contact:
Polio
Gonorrhea (sexually transmitted)
Syphilis (sexually transmitted)
Trachoma
Scabies (sexually transmitted)
Herpes (sexually transmitted)
Air borne:
Tuberculosis