Traveler's Guide to Avoiding Infectious Diseases

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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

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