The isolated tribe of Yanomami Indians in the Amazon jungle live a remote life, but that hasn't protected them from the global pandemic of swine flu.

Based on the border between Venezuela and Brazil, seven have died in the last two weeks.

A further 1,000 in Venezuela are believed to be infected.

It's now feared the virus could sweep through to the Brazil side of the tribe who have little resistance to introduced diseases.

Doctor and tribe member Davi Kopenawa accuses national governments of ignoring their medical needs.

[Davi Kopenawa, Doctor and Tribe Member]:
"I believe the children have not received the proper shots and the people are not protected against this disease, so I think many people will die."

In the 1980s and 90's, 20 percent of Yanomami died of malaria, flu and other diseases when goldminers invaded their lands.

Globally swine flu has claimed more than 6,000 lives and will have a devastating effect on the Amazon's largest isolated tribe if they are not urgently treated.