Yellow Fever vaccine for visiting Iguaza Falls?

[PRH]

Just found out that YF vaccine is highly recommended before visiting the Falls.  Anyone have any experience with this information?  We’ve called around and the vaccine is difficult to come by.  We’ve sprayed our clothing with permethrin and taking Deet spray.  Will that b3 sufficient?

[LostFan#1]

4 hours ago, PRH said:

Just found out that YF vaccine is highly recommended before visiting the Falls.  Anyone have any experience with this information?  We’ve called around and the vaccine is difficult to come by.  We’ve sprayed our clothing with permethrin and taking Deet spray.  Will that b3 sufficient?

 

Those are the precautions we're taking, too, for a March visit. Our physicians have signed vaccination examptions for us, We are 67 and 70, and health risks from the vaccine increase over age 6o. The CDC's recommendation for the vaccine cuts off at age 60. Do a quick search, and you will find numerous threads addressing this issue. You will find plenty of opinions to and not to vaccinate. Have a great trip!

 

Debbie

[gaeltrav]

We were there in February 2019 and didn’t see any mosquitoes just houseflies. We stayed in the Belmond on the Brazilian side and went to the Argentinian side as well. Granted it was a bit rainy but bugs were not a problem.We do have Yellow fever cards but nobody ever requested to see them.

[Lunenburg]

19 hours ago, gaeltrav said:

We do have Yellow fever cards but nobody ever requested to see them.

 The request if any will come from the country you go to after visiting Brazil. Some are strict such as Costa Rica and China, others have no requirement  - Canada, US, UK etc.

You can check the list of countries that require a certificate here

https://www.who.int/ith/ITH_country_list.pdf

Some accept a Doctor's waiver if you do not have the certificate,  but not all. 

 

The latest info I have seen is that they have a 95% vaccination rate in the Iguazu Falls area so transmission likehood is low. There have not been any cases there. There were seven deaths in Brazil last year from yellow fever, all in unvaccinated people - two were 69 year old tourists who had been advised not to get vaccinated due to their age.

We were there in April a few years back and did not see any mosquitoes.