13/6/2019 IATA - Brazil Passport, Visa and Health Advice

Passport, Visa & Health results for your trip to Brazil

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Summary
Yes, the documentation you hold is sufficient based on your details and the itinerary provided.

Type: Ok
Visa

The following should be taken into account even if holding a Visa:

Extension of stay possible for visa exempt visitors.

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Health

This information is for guide purposes only. Other health organisations may recommend alternative precautions.

Vaccinations not required.

Recommended:

Recommendation

Vaccination against yellow fever for all travelers of 9 months of age and older going to the states of Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Distrito
Federal (including the capital city of Brasilia), Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais,
Para, Parana, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Tocantins as well as to
designated areas of Bahia State. Vaccination is also recommended for travelers visiting Iguazu Falls.

Recommendation

Malaria risk due to P. vivax (88.8%), P. falciparum (10.6%), and mixed infections (0.5%) exists in most forested areas below 900
meters within the nine states of the Amazon region (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso (northern part), Para (except
Belem City), Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantins (western part)). Transmission intensity varies from one municipality to another and is
higher in junglemining areas, in agricultural settlements, in indigenous areas, and in some peripheral urban areas of Cruzeiro do Sul,
Manaus and Porto Velho. Malaria also occurs on the periphery of large cities such as Boa Vista, Macapa, Maraba, Rio Branco, and
Santarem. In the states outside the administrative region of Amazonas, the risk of malaria transmission is negligible or non-existent,
but there is a residual risk of P. vivax transmission in Atlantic forest areas of the states of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and
Espirito Santo. Detailed information on the epidemiological situation of malaria in Brazil is available at
www.saude.gov.brRecommended prevention in risk areas: B in P. vivax risk areas; C in P. falciparum risk areas.

The WHO recommended type of prevention is referred to as: - Type A (very limited risk of malaria transmission) - Mosquito bite
prevention only.- Type B (risk of non-falciparum malaria) - Mosquito-bite prevention plus chloroquine or doxycycline or atovaquone-
proguanil or mefloquine chemoprophylaxis.- Type C (risk of P. falciparum malaria) - Mosquito-bite prevention plus atovaquone-
proguanil or doxycycline or mefloquine chemoprophylaxis.Chemoprophylaxis should be started preferably one week before departure
and no later than the first day of exposure; it must be taken with unfailing regularity and continued for 4 weeks after the last exposure.
No prophylactic regimen is 100% protective against infection, but even if it fails to prevent the disease it may, nevertheless, render the
infection milder and less life threatening.

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