yellow fever vaccine $$$

ernesc says on Apr 26, 2007, 14:15:

Yellow Fever vaccine Adrienne. PLEASE don't pay US$100.00 to have it done in the US. It is WAY cheaper to have it done in Colombia. I don't know pricing but I'd be surprised if it costs more than US $10.00.

Have a good trip. You'll love Bucaramanga

Colombian in Hollywood, FL

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bhill says on Apr 26, 2007, 14:51:

Get it in Colombia I paid 44.000 pesos (around $20) at the Cruz Roja.

-Brian

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CaptainHowdy says on Apr 26, 2007, 14:55:

Vaccine??? Are there any vaccines/injections that one needs to get before visiting Colombia? Malaria? Yellow fever? Polio? Anything?

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adrienne79 says on Apr 26, 2007, 15:36:

okay, thanks. I was hoping to hear it was a lot less. :)

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dibbs says on Apr 26, 2007, 16:24:

Adrienne to be honest you don't need, the yellow fever vaccine, until you travel to parque Tayronna, or the amazon region, i did not get mine until at least a year in Colombia. Colombia is different from Brazil that you do not need one to enter the country, Bucaramanga is the eternal spring city of Colombia, there are not lots of mosquitoes like the coastal regions.

i got mine for free all i had to do was give a donation, gave them $10 000.

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vicshere says on Apr 26, 2007, 16:29:

hold on dibbs I live here and there is enough mosquitoes...as a matter of fact last year I got bit by a mosquitoe and got dengue fever....man it was a drag and thought I was going to die....but yellow fever shoot doesn't help dengue anyway......now we have completely mosquitoes proofed the house and the odd one still gets in....I am really sacred of those little basterds now

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gorgonabob says on Apr 26, 2007, 17:15:

you can get the yellow fever shot FREE in medellin....

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adrienne79 says on Apr 26, 2007, 17:39:

Thanks but I am going to get it to be safe. It is recommended in Bucaramanga. Maybe if I was just traveling there, I would not worry but since I will be living there, I might as well do what the locals do and get the shot. I traveled to Brazil two years ago to an area that suggested having it but I never got it. I think it is better to be safe than sorry and for only a few bucks, I might as well since I wil be there permenatly.

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David in Idaho says on Apr 26, 2007, 18:17:

I got the Yellow Fever shot in Barranquilla for free at a clinic. This was in order to go to Parque Tayrona. Sometimes they check and won't let you in without the shot. The day we went, they weren't checking, but it was good to know we were safe anyway. As for paying $100 to do it before hand ... Wow, that hundred bucks would go a lot further in Colombia! Save your money and have fun.

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bhill says on Apr 26, 2007, 20:43:

Do you need it? I'm not sure that yellow fever is a problem in Bucaramanga. I got it for a trip to Tayrona. Bucaramanga is pretty far from there.... The vaccine is only estimated to be 50% effective anyhow (meaning if you are stung by an infected mosquito, your chances of getting the disease are still pretty good), so if cash is a real problem, re-evaluate if you really need this vaccine.

-Brian

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lochdhu says on Apr 26, 2007, 20:57:

Wow! I got raped! David in Idaho, Wow I got raped at the central district health department here in idaho, they charged me 94$ for the yellow fever vaccine.

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David in Idaho says on Apr 27, 2007, 05:40:

Dang lochdhu I wish you'd mentioned that to me before you went!

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Gator says on Apr 27, 2007, 09:03:

Remember, Vaccine takes about 10/12 days to become effective

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"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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dibbs says on Apr 27, 2007, 16:10:

vicshre, mosquitoes will bites, especially someone first arriving to the country, no vaccine will stop these guys from raping you, I'm immune to mosquitoes now,but i still have scars from scratches from mosquitoes bites dating back to 2003.

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getting better says on Apr 27, 2007, 16:31:

Some thoughts - DRAFT FOR COMMENT Yellow fever is very very rare in Colombia but on the other hand there is no cure so if you get it you will probably die, that's why you need the jab.
Malaria is common in some parts below around 1000m. By using insect repellent and covering up your body you can reduce the risk significantly, but you must be aware of the symptoms and get to treatment in a major town quickly if you self-diagnose it. If you are going somewhere whre it exists really remote for a long time then take treatment dose, if you are going somewhere where it is very prevalent for a short time take prophylactics.
Denge fever there is no reliable cure but you will most probably recover quite quickly if you get good medical care, so again be aware of symptoms.
Leischmans disease is not fatal but can cause nasty scarring so you need to be aware of the symptoms to deal with them quickly if you get sandfly bites.
If you get bitten by horseflies (tabanos) you wont get any diseases but they hurt like hell.

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Man Tequila says on Apr 29, 2007, 20:53:

The World Health Organization estimates 15% of folks with yellow fever enter a toxic phase which kills half of those people. So maybe one in twelve of people who get yellow fever die and the rest recover from the virus.

It is not common, but one would be wise to get the shot if going to Amazonas or many of the National Parks. If you want to go to Brazil, you need proof of vaccination if you have been in Colombia during the prior three months.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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adrienne79 says on Apr 30, 2007, 20:30:

Thanks Man Tequila I do plan to go back to Brazil (my best friend lives there) so it is good to know that I should hang on to the "proof" that I am given.

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Lorenzo de Australia says on May 2, 2007, 14:54:

Gorgonabob! Hey Gorgonabob,

where in Medellin can you get the Yellow fever jab for free?

Cheers

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