Published Date: 1997-03-11 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow Fever - Bolivia
Archive Number: 19970311.0547

YELLOW FEVER - BOLIVIA
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 15:52:23 CET
From: ProMED-mail <promed@usa.healthnet.org>

EMC disease news - 11 March 1997
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11 March 1997

Yellow Fever

Bolivia. During 1996 outbreaks of yellow fever caused 30 cases and
21 deaths, which occurred in endemic zones of three provinces of
Cochabamba Department and one province of La Paz Department. All the
cases occurred in rural areas.
At the end of the year a further
outbreak occurred and continued into January and February [1997] in
Cochabamba Department (12 cases, 10 deaths), Beni Department (4 cases,
2 deaths) and Santa Cruz Department (1 case under study). Support for
a vaccination campaign was requested and donations of vaccine
totalling 180 000 doses were received from Brazil, Colombia and
Venezuela.
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News on disease outbreaks received in the WHO's Division of Emerging
and other Communicable Diseases (EMC), is posted on EMC's home page
on the World Wide Web (http://www.who.ch/programmes/emc/news.htm).
................................................................jw

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