• April 29, 2024

The fever for World Cup Brazil 2014 it gets louder and louder and the excitement increases among those who plan to travel to the World Cup, but like every traveler, in addition to having ready the suitcases must also be alert to take care of their health.

Because it is a world event, in which the arrival of 3.7 million local and foreign tourists is expected from 32 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends taking sanitary measures to prevent some risk of infection .

The recommendation for the hobby is get vaccinated , as factors as the cLima, water, food, diseases of the country , insect bites , animal bite , agglomerations, as well as the sexual activity they put health at risk and are typical routes of contagion . About, GetQoralHealth tells you what vaccines you should apply if you go to the World .

A goal to your health

To travel to Brazil you have to take precautions thinking that they are 12 cities those that will be in the middle of the play and each region by its characteristics can be a breeding ground favorable for diseases .

In this regard, the infectologist Daniel Stamboulian affirms that the mainvaccinations that those who attend the Brazil World Cup are the ones that prevent yellow fever , rubella Y measles .

Yellow fever

It is the only vaccine compulsory for those who attend the host country of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and it is recommended apply it 10 days before the trip . This disease is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito, it is not spread between people.

The Ministry of Health (MS) of Brazil set as risk areas of  yellow fever Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Federal District, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins.

Main symptom are the high fever , headache , intense muscle pains , fatigue , shaking chills , jaundice , diarrhea Y vomiting . If you do not travel to these areas, it is not recommendedget vaccinated , because it can produce side effects .

Measles and Rubella

Fans who go to Brazil they must be vaccinated to avoid catching and being infected by highly infectious diseases as therubella Ymeasles .

For children from 13 months to 5 years, a dose of triple viral is recommended and people between 6 and 50 years will have to apply the viral double.

Alba María Ropero, regional advisor of the Immunization Program of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says that measles still affects countries like Brazil, Canada, Ecuador and the United States.

Hence the importance of preventingrubella and themeasles because they are very contagious diseases. The OPS and the Government of Brazil prepare measures to avoid contagion.

Dengue

A study published by the British scientific journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases , points out that in Brazilian cities: Fortaleza, Natal and Recife there is a high incidence of dengue, an endemic disease in Brazil and for which there is novaccine .

While Brasilia, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo are the venues of the World Cup with less danger of contagion. While with an average risk are Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, and Manaus.

The heat and rainfall of the region favor the spread of the mosquito transmitter of dengue : Aedes aegypti. Generally, between January to May is the most favorable period for transmission, says Giovanini Coelho, coordinator of the National Dengue Combat Program .

However, the scenario of a massive contagion is null , this because a study of Research Support Foundation in the State of Sao Paulo confirmed that only 100 out of 600 thousand foreign tourists could contract dengue .

Among the measures for avoid contagion is use skin repellent and clothes with applications every 3 hours, use long-sleeved clothes and long pants , especially will be exposed to the outdoors, as well asOrmir in rooms with mosquito nets .

Tropical country

So that the World Cup does not end as a painful experience, visitors should remember that Brazil is a tropical and humid country to which they must go very well protected .

In this regard, the WHO as well recommend other measures such as using repellent, sunscreen and hydrate very good to prevent other outbreaks.Before a month before the trip it is ideal to make a medical consultation. Are you ready for your best move?

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