PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever – Americas (33): PAHO/WHO, Brazil

Yellow Fever — Brazil
Since epidemiological week (EW) 1 to EW 11 of 2017, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, and Suriname have reported suspected and confirmed yellow fever cases.
Following is a summary of the situation in Brazil and Peru.
In Brazil, since the beginning of the outbreak in December 2016 to 17 Mar of 2017, there were 1561 cases of yellow fever reported, of which 28.7 percent were laboratory-confirmed (n=448), 16.9 percent were discarded (n=263), and 54.8 percent