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2. How to treat bug bites, according to doctors - AOL

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   Insect sprays formulated with DEET, or N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is your best protection against bite, according to our experts. Along with wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, apply ...

3. Insect repellent - Wikipedia

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   Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...

4. Mosquito-borne illnesses are back in the news. 4 ways to ...

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   Humans can get Oropouche from the bites of mosquitoes that previously bit infected animals. The virus commonly causes fever, headache, joint aches and a rash. The virus commonly causes fever ...

5. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   A mosquito's period of feeding is often undetected; the bite only becomes apparent because of the immune reaction it provokes. When a mosquito bites a human, it injects saliva and anti-coagulants. With the initial bite to an individual, there is no reaction, but with subsequent bites, the body's immune system develops antibodies. The bites ...

6. Does homemade mosquito repellent work? What to know as ... - AOL

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   Mosquitos don’t just cause annoying, itchy bites — they can also spread potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, like eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus and dengue fever ...

7. Ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate - Wikipedia

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   It is as effective as DEET against Aedes and Culex mosquitoes, but may be less effective than DEET against Anopheles mosquitoes, vectors of malaria. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A 2013 review concluded that IR3535 is as effective as 20% DEET against Anopheles , citing that some studies reported possibly shorter protection of just 3.8 hours.