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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Nov 28;67:25–35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.11.026

Table 1.

Number of countries/territories suitable for the vectors and number of countries/territories affected by the diseases, by region.

Region Number of countries/territories Number of countries/territories suitable for Number of countries/territories affected by

Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus Either vector Zika Dengue fever Yellow fever Chikungunya fever RVF
Africa 58 56 56 57 14 36 30 26 36
Americasa 56 52 44 52 48 46 13 46 0
Asia 52 45 43 49 11 15 0 20 3
Europe 56 12 32 32 0 3 0 3 0
Oceaniab 28 23 22 25 12 11 0 11 0
Overall number of countries/territories 250 188 197 215 85 111 43 106 39

RVF, Rift Valley fever.

a

Includes Central America, North America, the Caribbean, and South America.

b

Includes Australia and the Pacific islands.