Yellow Fever - Travel to Rio (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina)

[lopes2017]

My wife and I are going to Rio (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Normal travel advice seems to indicate that Yellow Fever vaccinations are required for Brazil, jungle areas eg Iguazu Falls. My GP has stated that we don't require it for Rio and Buenos Aires.

Normally we would take the vaccine anyway, but my wife is pregnant and can't have the Yellow Fever vaccine.

I have heard it is required for entry into some South American countries.

Is the Vaccine required for entry into Brazil? And is it required for entry into Buenos Aires from Brazil?

 

[opusman]

Normally we would take the vaccine anyway, but my wife is pregnant and can't have the Yellow Fever vaccine.

I have heard it is required for entry into some South American countries.

If your wife can't have the vaccine then she should be able to get a waiver certificate which would be just as good.

 

[drron]

Well here is the latest yellow fever update-
Immunise - 3.25 Yellow Fever
Now didn't visit Brazil but when we went to the ecuadorian Amazon jungle we had yellow fever vaccination.Not 1 country on our RTW trip looked at our vaccination status.

 

[pyffii]

Agree with drron that no south american countries checked whether we had yellow fever injections or not BUT when arriving back home aussie immigration certainly did ask and we needed to show proof,which was no hastle, and we were quickly through...Am really puzzled as to how mosquitoes on the argentinian side of Iguazu falls dont carry the yellow fever virus whilst their cousins on the Brazilian side do !!!

 

[lopes2017]

Agree with drron that no south american countries checked whether we had yellow fever injections or not BUT when arriving back home aussie immigration certainly did ask and we needed to show proof,which was no hastle, and we were quickly through...Am really puzzled as to how mosquitoes on the argentinian side of Iguazu falls dont carry the yellow fever virus whilst their cousins on the Brazilian side do !!!

Very true about the inconsistency between Brazil and Arg.

So not required for Argentina but required for Brazil...even though Rio is not in what's classed an endemic zone.

 

[lopes2017]

Here's is a good site - the Brazil department of health

Anvisa -

And a list from WHO of countries with Yellow Fever and recommendations. It indicates the vaccine is not required for Rio or BA (see below)

ARGENTINA
Yellow fever
Country requirement: no
Yellow fever vaccine recommendation: yes. Yellow
fever vaccination is recommended for all travellers
9 months of age who are going to the northern
and north-eastern forested areas of Argentina,
including Iguaçu Falls and all areas bordering
Brazil and Paraguay. These areas include all
departments of Misiones and Formosa Provinces;
and the Department of Bermejo in Chaco Province;
Departments of Berón de Astrada, Capital, General
Alvear, General Paz, Ituzaingó, Itatí, Paso de los
Libres, San Cosme, San Miguel, San Martín and
Santo Tomé in Corrientes Province; departments
of Valle Grande, Ledesma, Santa Bárbara and
San Pedro in Jujuy Province; and departments of
General José de San Martín, Oran, Rivadavia and
Anta in Salta Province

BRAZIL
Yellow fever
Country requirement: no
Yellow fever vaccine recommendation: yes - for
travellers over 9 months of age going to the following
areas at risk for yellow fever transmission,
including the ENTIRE states of Acre, Amapá,
Amazonas, Distrito Federal (including the capital
city of Brasilia), Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia,
Roraima and Tocatins, and the designated areas of
the following states: north-west and west Bahia,
central and west Paraná, south-west Piauí, northwest
and west central Rio Grande do Sul, far west
Santa Catarina, and north and west São Paulo.
Vaccination is recommended for travellers visiting
Iguaçu Falls. Vaccination is not recommended for
travel to the following coastal cities: Rio de Janeiro,
São Paulo, Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza.