1.
HIV / AIDS
Found: Everywhere but paricularly in Africa and South East Asia.
2 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
2.
Dengue
Found: South Pacific, Asia, the Caribbean, the Americas, and Africa
2 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
3.
Hepatitis
Found: High-risk areas include most of the developing world
2 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
4.
Japanese Encephalitis
Found: Japan and most common in agricultural regions Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Nepal and Malaysia
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
5.
Tetanus
Found: High incidences in India and central Africa
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
6.
Norovirus
Found: Throughout the world
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
7.
Lyme Disease
Found: Northeastern, north central, and Pacific coastal regions of North America, plus the temperate, forested regions of Europe and Asia.
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
8.
Chikungunya
Found: Réunion (near Mauritius), Africa, Asia and in a limited area of Europe
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
9.
Yellow Fever
Found: Sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America
0 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
10.
Montezuma’s Revenge
Found: Everywhere but high-risk areas include parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by redmark -
11.
Malaria
Found: Large areas of Central and South America, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, parts of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Pacific
-4 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
12.
Avian flu (Bird flu)
Found: Asia, Europe and Africa
-5 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
13.
Meningitis
Found: many country but particularly in the “Meningitis Belt” of Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia
-5 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
14.
Typhoid
Found: High-risk areas include South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.
-5 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
15.
Giardiasis
Found: Everywhere
-5 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
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