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Argentina: Yellow Fever Case near Paraguay Border

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | March 6th, 2008 | Trackback

A yellow fever outbreak in Paraguay that killed eight people has spread to Argentina, where a farm worker in Misiones province that borders Paraguay contracted the disease. The cases in Paraguay were the first incidences of the mosquito-borne illness since 1974. A vaccination campaign is under way in the Argentine provinces that border Paraguay.





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