Thansk for response re South America and Yellow fever risks

[roszika]

Thank you everyone for your most informative answers to my question regarding travelling to South America and the risks for CLL ers and yellow fever.My conclusion is since I am cruising with an good American ship from Argenetina south to Chile Uraguay and back to Chile where it is a colder climate my gut feeling is that mosquitos are not so prevalent there as the climate is not tropical. Besides I have Bushmans insect repellant here in Aus and people who trek africa recommended it to me- it is very strong stuff and is about as strong as you get. I used it in Bali last November and I was fine. My only query where I have conflicting opinions is Iguaza falls. As a pharmacist I am going to try and find someone who deals in tropcial medicines and is a qualified immunologist and will base my conclusions of wether to go to the falls or not. But I am so glad to belong to this forum where you are all so helpful. Cheers Roszika

[MsLockYourPosts Passed Volunteer]

I'm not qualified to recommend whether you should go on this trip or not, but if you do you might want to look into a full body mosquito net outfit. They cover everything from head to toe.