List of predominant parasites and infectious diseases for each continent

North America

Parasites:                        
Beaver Fever                  
Trichinella Spiralis           
Tapeworms                    
Roundworms

Infectious diseases:
Chicken pox
Strep throat
Hepatitis
Pneumonia
HIV/AIDS
Influenza            
                  
South America

Parasites:                            
New World Hookworm
Dwarf tapeworm
Threadworm
Filaria
Onchocerca volvulus


Infectious diseases:
Typhoid fever
Cholera
Malaria
HIV/AIDS
Dengue fever

Asia

Parasites:
Brugia malayi
Paragonimus westermani
Schistosoma westermani
Wuchereria bancrofti

Infectious diseases:
Typhoid fever
Cholera
Malaria
TB

Africa

Parasites:
Onchocerca volvulus
Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosoma mansoni
Wuchereria bancrofti


Infectious diseases:
Cholera
Malaria
River blindness
TB
Hep B and C
HIV/AIDS
Dengue fever

Europe


Parasites:
Fasciola hepatica
Diphyllobothruim Latum

Infectious diseases:
HIV/AIDS
TB
Influenza
Hep B and C

Australia

Parasites:
Hymenolepis nana


Infectious diseases:
HIV/AIDS
Influenza

Antarctica

Parasites:
Monogenea sp
Copepoda sp


Infectious diseases:
Parapox virus