Here we will be posting all the questions that come from our visitors, as well as the answers from the organizers of the Expedition.
Preventive vaccination is the only safe way from getting this disease. The immune protection starts working within 10 days after the injection and remains throughout 10 years. People who got the immunization receive a certificate of international standing that is also valid for 10 years.
Summary: yellow fever (fievre jaune, fiebre amarilla, vomito negro, febris flava) – is a devastating infectious disease, transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes, that is typical for some African and South American areas. It is caused by one of the Flavivirus family’s viruses; the symptoms are fever and jaundice. The main victims of the disease are people and apes. Virus is transmitted from animal to animal by the bite of mosquitoes that serve as vectors for the virus. Rarely the infection can be transmitted by opossums and other animals.
You can get the injection and a certificate of international standing for a yellow fever immunization at the following places:
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St. Petersburg: CJSC “Clinic complex”
Address: 22 Moscovsky Prospect; phone: (812) 777-9-777
Vaccination room’s hours: weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To bring with you: passport, vaccination book (if any)
Cost – 1070 rubles.
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Moscow: Central vaccinating center of municipal hospital №13
Address: 14 Neglinnaya Street; phone: (495) 621-94-65 (from 2 to 7 p.m.)
Vaccination room’s hours: Mon, Wed – 3 to 7 p.m.; Tue, Thu, Fri – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost – 297 rubles.
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Yekaterinburg: medical center “New hospital”
Address: 29A Zavodskaya Street; phone: 46-35-18
Chelyabinsk: district hospital, room 303
Address: 16 Vorovskogo Street; phone: (3512) 34-68-04
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Novosibirsk: “Integral Medicine”; phone: (3832) 71-57-28
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Sverdlovsk: medical center “New hospital”
Address: 29A Zavodskaya Street; phone: 46-35-18
One of the best preventative measures is taking vitamins, especially, vitamin C – lack of vitamin C brings down the immune protection of your body!
Is there a risk of catching malaria? What preventative measures can I take?
If you go to this link, you’ll be able to see for yourself (just hover your cursor over South America) that part of our expedition’s route goes along the territory where malaria is quite common.
Map of a potential malaria’s infection
Summary:
Malaria
is a devastating vector-borne infectious disease, widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Malaria is caused by infective mosquitoes.
Preventive medication that you should take a week or two before the trip:
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Malarone
– one of the best medications (that’s what Europeans usually take, it cost around 40 euros; though it’s hard to find in Russia)
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Fansidar
(active substance Pyrimethamine)
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Lariam (mefloquine)
– it’s the most popular and widely applied medication in Russia
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Doxycycline
(antibiotic; less toxic for your liver; increases light perception) – unlike chloroquine, lariam and mefloquine, doesn’t have strong side effects, is taken in small doses and is easy to tolerate.
Besides, we advise you to get repellents, only if the amount of active substance is not less than 20 % (labeled on the drug package); those are better to get on the spot.
Funny at first thought but it’s a fact that the most experienced travelers recommend having gin as a preventive measure – a reliable remedy: 50g in the morning, once every day (EMERCOM colonel’s recommendation).
In any case, it’s always best to consult a doctor or a pharmacist, or, at least, look up the drug description in the desk book or online.
For their toxic properties these medications should be taken along with hepatoprotectors (drugs that diminish their effect), especially for people with liver problems.
Here you can see the drugs’ indications and side effects:
Preventive measures and treatment of malaria. Indications and side effects.
Do I have to apply for visa in order to go? How can it be done?
Citizens of Russian Federation don’t need a visa to enter Ecuador and Peru for a period not exceeding three months.
Although before 2009 the intentions to cancel visa regime for Russian citizens traveling to Brazil ware officially announced, yet the procurement of visas is still required.
Documents for applying to Brazilian visa:
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Hotel reservation/invitation (can be done by a natural person), flight ticket, one photo 3x4, valid foreign passport (duration of validity not less than 6 months from the first day of the trip), filled-in application form
(download here)
- Consular fee is 1850 rubles, if you file documents individually.
- If you decide to do it through us or an agent, there is an additional fee of 370 rubles.
Consular Department of Embassy in Moscow: 54 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street; phone: (495) 363-03-69
All the additional information can be looked up at the embassy’s official site: embassy’s site