Surveillance of yellow fever in Caçapava do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: a report on the epizootic of 2008-2009/Vigilância da febre amarela em Caçapava do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: um relato da epizootia 2008-2009
This paper describes the actions undertaken by the Department of Health Surveillance of the Municipal Secretariat of Health and Environment of Caçapava do Sul, RS, regarding the yellow feverepidemic that affected the State and Municipality in the years 2008 and 2009. The efforts made in immunizations, the dissemination of information and clarification by the local media, fieldwork, the monitoring of deaths, and the collection of samples for a rapid diagnosis, all contributed to the success of this program, which resulted in no reports of human cases in the City.(AU)