Description of the situation
20 January 2000
Disease Outbreak Reported
Three confirmed cases of sylvatic transmission yellow fever have been recently reported in Brazil. Samples from suspect cases continue to be tested, but to date, no additional cases have been confirmed.
The following table summarizes the yellow fever reports from countries in South America for the entire year 1999 (as reported to WHO and published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record).
Country
Cases
Deaths
Date of last case
Bolivia
68
33
June 1999
Brazil
70
25
December 1999
Colombia
2
2
February 1999
Ecuador
5
3
June 1999
Peru
55
32
October 1999
Venezuela
1
1 (in USA)
October 1999
All these data are considered provisional until final figures are confirmed by the countries to the WHO Regional Office for the Americas/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO).