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Monday, August 13, 2012

Preventing Mosquito Bites - Simple ways of preventing Yellow Fever & other mosquito borne diseases


How Can Yellow Fever Be Prevented?
Advise all persons, especially unvaccinated persons traveling to yellow fever risk areas, to practice strict mosquito-bite prevention measures. Such measures include the following:
•         Staying in air-conditioned or well-screened quarters
•         Minimizing exposed skin by wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants
•         Using insect repellent containing DEET or picaridin
•         Applying permethrin-containing repellents to clothing
•         Sleeping under bed nets when air-conditioned or well-screened bedrooms are not available
•         Avoiding areas where mosquitoes breed
•         Helping to eliminate mosquito breeding sites
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