Here are the immunizations that are recommended for Brazil.  Please consult the OSU Student Health Center, your personal physician or your local health department for more specific medical questions. You can go to the OSU Student Health Center or your personal physician or your local health department if you tell them what you need before you go because they might need to order the medications.  Once you get these immunizations, they will give you a yellow immunization booklet that you will need to carry with your passport.

CDC recommends the following vaccines.  Please start these this summer to allow time for the immunizations to take effect.

• Yellow fever vaccination (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=yellowfever.htm) if you will be traveling outside urban areas. (one shot)  Highly Recommended
• Hepatitis A (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=hav.htm&cssNav=browseoyb) or immune globulin (IG). (series of 2 shots - 1 before we go and one six months later.  Good for 10-20 years). Recommended
• Hepatitis B (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=hbv.htm&cssNav=browseoyb) if you might be exposed to blood (for example, health-care workers), have sexual contact with the local population, stay >6 months in the region, or be exposed through medical treatment. (series of 3 shots.  Good for 10+ years). Optional
• OR A combined shot of Hep A and Hep B, series of three shots -- before we go 1st shot and 2nd shot (exactly 30 days later) and 3rd shot 6 months later.
• Malaria http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/travel/index.htm.  We can inform you later if we will be in malaria prone areas.  However, this has not been a problem in the past years.
• Typhoid (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=typhoid.htm) particularly if you are visiting developing countries. (four capsules taken every other day.  Good for 5 years). Recommended
• Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussia (DTP) (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=dtp.htm&cssNav=browseoyb) as needed, booster doses for if you have not had a booster within the last 10 years
• Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR) booster if you have not had one since middle school (http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=measles.htm&cssNav=browseoyb and http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=mumps.htm&cssNav=browseoyb and http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=rubella.htm&cssNav=browseoyb). Recommended

If you want to visit the Center for Disease web site for more information, go to http://www.cdc.gov/

Get:

• Your passport (takes 6-8 weeks) http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html
• 4 passport photos (CVS or Walgreens can give you a whole sheet for less than $10)