Disease Outbreaks

Reported
7 June 2001
Yellow fever in Peru


The Ministry of Health has reported an outbreak of yellow
fever in the Department of Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon Region, in the districts of
Puinahua, San Pablo and Iquitos. Eight cases have been laboratory confirmed, of which 2
have died.  Twelve additional cases are under investigation.
An epidemiological investigation is underway and the WHO
Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO) has mobilized 400 000 doses of vaccine for a
vaccination campaign.