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Brazil

Malaria

Yes
All year in the states of:

Amazonia (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhäo (west)), Mato Grosso (north), Para (except Belem City on the coast), Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins including the urban areas Porto Velho, Boa Vista, Cruzeiro do sol, Rio Branco, Macapa, Manaus, Santarém and Maraba.

All year on cruises up the Amazon including the city of Manaus.

All year in the jungle and rural areas outside the resort Iguaçu Falls especially towards Paraguay.

Malaria Risk Category

B

Previous Malaria Risk

Yes all year whole country until Feb 1996
Yes all year rural areas below 900m until Sept 2006

Trypanosoma Cruzi Risk

Yes

Sub Saharan Africa

No

West Nile Virus Risk

No

Tropical Virus Risk

Yes Chikungunya Virus, Dengue Virus, Yellow Fever and Zika Virus

Malarial Map

This map is only intended as a guide and is not exact. The map must always be used in conjunction with the malaria advice text. Map downloaded from http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk on 01 October 2015.

This map is only intended as a guide and is not exact. The map must always be used in conjunction with the malaria advice text. Map downloaded from http://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk on 01 October 2015.

Update Information

This entry was last updated in
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