comes the holiday period and with it the anxiety to know the requirements and recommendations to be able to reach the chosen goal safe and calm. In the case of people on vacation Brazilin addition to the mandatory vaccination against COVID, travelers are wondering if it is necessary Get vaccinated to prevent yellow fever.
Yellow fever: what does Brazil require to enter the country?
the Brazilian government Yellow fever vaccination certificate is not required for admission. However, the General Directorate of Consular Affairs, belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recommended its application to those who travel to the following Brazilian states:
- Acre
- Amapa
- Amazonia
- Bay
- Federal District
- Goias
- Maranhão
- Mato Grosso
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais
- For
- Parana
- Piauì
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rondonia
- roraima
- Saint Catherine
- St. Paul
- Tocantines
Yellow fever: where to get vaccinated in CABA and Province
Immunization can be done free of charge at vaccination centers in the city and province of Buenos Aires. In case of CABA, interested parties should contact 147, but they should keep that in mind They are giving shifts for the second week of February.
Another of the options in the Autonomous City is in the national center of Border health (in the Barrio de La Boca), where the dose is applied, according to the modality of the shifts that must be requested through this page.
Vaccination in the province of Buenos Aires is freeby spontaneous presentation. From the health area they have indicated that interested parties can go to the nearest hospital and request the reference center.
Even in the province, the national government has vaccinations in Posadas hospitallocated in El Palomar, and in the “hospital dr. Baldomero Summer”, in General Rodriguez. In both cases, a turn must be requested for the same website.
What can cause yellow fever
Yellow fever is a Acute, hemorrhagic, viral disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The term “yellow” alludes to jaundice that some patients have when they are infected. Once the virus has been contracted and the incubation period of 3 to 6 days has passed, it usually causes fever, myalgias with severe back pain, headache, chills, loss of appetite and nausea or vomiting.
The number of yellow fever cases has increased over the past two decades worldwide due to declining population immunity, deforestation, urbanization, population movements, and climate change.
Vaccination is the most important preventative measure and a single dose provides lifelong protection. According to the World Health Organization, the vaccine offers effective immunity to 99% of vaccinated people within 30 days, which is why it’s important to get the single dose. well in advance of the trip.
When can the vaccine be given?
This vaccine can be applied simultaneously with any other, but in different places. In the case of live attenuated virus vaccines (varicella, triple virus and yellow fever), if not applied simultaneously, an interval of at least 28 days must be respected between one application and another.
Contraindications and precautions for receiving yellow fever vaccine
People with any of the contraindications listed below cannot receive the vaccine.
- Allergy to vaccine components (chicken eggs and their derivatives and antibiotics such as neomycin and kanamycin).
- Age less than 6 months.
- Symptomatic HIV infection or with CD4+ lymphocyte count <200/mm3 (<15% of total in children under 6 years of age).
- Diseases of the thymus associated with abnormal immune function.
- Thymomas benign or malignant.
- Primary immunodeficiencies.
- Malignant tumor.
- transplants.
- Immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory treatments.
Given the current epidemiological situation, those with any contraindication to receiving the vaccine are recommended to avoid traveling to areas with active viral circulation.
