Venezuela_Health

Venezuela Health The country of Venezuela is located in northern South America. Because of its tropical climate, there is an increased risk of acquiring a disease because the weather allows for year round growth. In spite of this the required immunizations are almost identical to the ones required to attend school in the United States. Measles Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Typhoid Yellow Fever Rabies Tetanus-diphtheria Varicella (chickenpox) Cholera Polio Recently there has been an outbreak of dengue fever. A flu-like illness spread by the Aedes mosquito. The usual mosquito prevention is used to avoid contracting the virus. Such as bug spray and DDT laced mosquito netting for use around bedding. It is also recommend that people avoid areas that are known to be infected with the disease, because the mosquitoes that spread dengue fever only bite humans during the day. There is no vaccine for it at this time. There has also been a measles outbreak of more than 8,000 people since September of 2001. This is probably due to the fact that most of the children have never received the vaccine. It was found in the residences of Venezuela and not in visitors. Last year there was been, avoid, disease, venezuela, travelers, fever, because, venezuelan, unless, spread, outbreak, mosquito, hepatitis, found, cooked, along, year, vaccine, unpasteurized, spray, should, shoes, risk, required, reported, people, netting, milk, measles, long, insects, increased, foods, dengue, country