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Brazil, Indigenous Rights: Dangers of Uncontacted Amazon Tribes' Exposure to Flu : World : Latin Post

27.7.14

Brazil, Indigenous Rights: Dangers of Uncontacted Amazon Tribes' Exposure to Flu : World : Latin Post: Indigenous rights advocates in Brazil are constantly faced with the possibility of history repeating itself - and wiping out some of the tribes that still live in the Amazon.

Most recently, seven members of the Ashaninka tribe contracted the flu, and if they had been untreated could have infected their entire tribe, according to Fox Latino.

The dangers of simple respiratory illnesses is amplified for these tribes, especially those with limited or no previous contact with the outside world. They are not vaccinated and have no natural immunity to the infections.


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