Table 1. Number of human cases reported in each continent in different time periods.

Continent	Country/Region	-1968	1969–1978	1979–1988	1989–1998	1999–2008	2009–2019	Total
East Asia	China	3	4	4	0	42	46	99
South Asia	India	60	1	0	7	7	24	99
	Sri Lanka	2	0	0	14	0	27	43
	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Middle East	Iran	0	1	0	1	3	8	13
	Yemen	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Southeast Asia	Malaysia	0	0	1	0	3	2	6
	Laos	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Africa	Uganda	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	DRC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	Kenya	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Cote d'Ivoire	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Oceania	PNG	6	0	3	0	0	0	9
	Total	78	6	10	22	64	111	291

PNG = Papua New Guinea, DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo.