Travel vaccines for Brazil
From Rio's beaches to the Amazon, Brazil's risks vary widely, with yellow fever a key consideration for many regions.
Vaccines commonly advised for Brazil
A guide based on typical trips — we tailor it to your exact plans at your consultation.
Mainly confined to the Amazon basin, including parts of the northern and western states. Risk is low in the major coastal cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and at the Iguaçu Falls. Tablets may be advised for Amazon travel.
Vaccination is recommended for travellers to many areas, including much of the interior and increasingly some coastal regions. A certificate may be required for onward travel to certain other countries, so keep it safe.
A vast country with mixed risks
Brazil is enormous, and a trip to Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo looks very different from one into the Amazon or the Pantanal wetlands. For most itineraries we recommend hepatitis A and typhoid cover and a check on tetanus, diphtheria and polio. Hepatitis B and rabies are worth considering for longer stays, rural travel or close animal contact, particularly deep in the interior where medical help is further away.
Yellow fever and malaria
Yellow fever is one of the most important considerations for Brazil. Vaccination is recommended for travel to large parts of the country, including much of the interior, and the areas where it is advised have been expanding in recent years to take in some coastal regions too. The vaccine needs to be given at least ten days before travel to be effective, and your certificate may also be requested if you go on to another country afterwards, so do not leave this late. Malaria is largely an Amazon-basin concern; if your plans include that region, antimalarial tablets and careful bite avoidance are usually advised, whereas the main coastal cities and the Iguaçu Falls are low risk.
Book in good time
Because yellow fever vaccine has a ten-day lead time and some other courses run over several weeks, we would suggest seeing us at least six weeks before you fly. Tell us your full route, as the advice changes considerably between the coast and the Amazon. Book your travel health appointment at Crewe Pharmacy by calling 01270 215837 or visiting us at 139-141 Nantwich Road, Crewe, and we will plan everything around your Brazil trip.
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