Yellow fever in Peru and Ecuador

Two cases of sylvan yellow fever have been reported between 20-26 April 2008 in Peru, according to ProMedMail, based on the Epidemiological Bulletin of the Ministry of Health of Peru. The 1st case was a 23-year-old unvaccinated man from the Loreto department, while the 2nd case is a 21-year-old man of unknown vaccination status from Tocache Nuevo (Tocache district and province), San Martin department. He became ill between 6-12 Apr 2008. Since the beginning of 2008, there were 13 reported yellow fever cases in Peru, including 3 confirmed mortalities, 6 probable, and 4 discarded cases. Mod TY of ProMedMail asserts that from a public health point of view, it is fortunate that the reported sylvan yellow fever cases didn't spread into a major urban yellow fever outbreak.

Also, the CDC updated its yellow fever risk map for Ecaudor, following the recommendation of the Ecaudor Ministry of Health of yellow fever vaccination for all travelers to the following provinces in the Amazon Basin: Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza,
Sucumbios, and Zamora-Chinchipe.  This is in addition to the current recommendation for yellow fever vaccination for travelers going to areas along the eastern slopes and to the east of the Andes Mountains. At present, yellow fever vaccination is only required for travelers entering Ecuador if they are greater than one year of age and if they are coming from a country in the yellow fever endemic zone.