Brazil

• High in the Amazon basin in some areas of the states Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Roraima as well as partial areas in the northeast and southwest of Pará state.  
  
  • Prevention: mosquito-repellent measures and preventive malaria tablets. 
     
• Moderate: 
  
  • in most areas of the states of Amapá, Pará, and Rondônia, and the western part of Mato Grosso.
  • in parts of Amazonas state.
  • in the city centers of Boa Vista, Manaus, and Porto Velho.
  • on overnight river cruises on large ships in high risk areas.
    • Prevention: mosquito-repellent measures. Sometimes in combination wih preventive malaria tablets for people with an increased risk. 
       
• Low in the rest of the country, including the Pantanal, Iguaçu Falls, and the city centers of Santarém, Macapá, and Manaus.
  • Prevention: mosquito-repellent measures.
     
• None in the cities of Brasília, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo, and Vitória

• Species: P. vivax 80%.

In case of fever during or after your journey, get tested for malaria as soon as possible.

There is risk of yellow fever almost in the entire country, with the exception of a part of the northeastern coast, Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza.

There is an outbreak of chikungunya in Mato Grosso Du Sul . Protect yourself against mosquitoes. Vaccination is recommended for travellers to this region. In the rest of country, the risk is moderate. 

Insects can transmit diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, zika, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.

Protect yourself against insects. 

Ticks can transmit diseases.

Dogs and other mammals can be infected with rabies.

There is a risk of infection with schistosomiasis when swimming or bathing in lakes and rivers.

You may experience altitude sickness in areas above 2500 metres.

Take a look at the general preventive measures related to COVID-19.

• Carefully read the entry conditions and local measures of this country.

Read these tips before you leave.

Yellow fever vaccination is recommended for all travellers from the age of nine months.
This vaccination must be administered at least ten days prior to arrival by an official yellow fever vaccination centre and must be registered in an International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis.

Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for all travellers.

• Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis
• Polio  
• Measles-mumps-rubella

Discuss with your doctor whether one of the following vaccinations is recommended for you:

• Rabies
• Dengue
• Hepatitis B 
• Influenza
• Pneumococci
• COVID-19