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

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   How to apply a bug bite treatment. Before you treat your bug bite, “clean the area with soap and water and refrain from scratching, because this can introduce bacteria and lead to an infection ...

3. Mosquito bite allergy - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito bite allergies, also termed hypersensitivity to mosquito bites, are excessive reactions of varying severity to mosquito bites. They are allergic hypersensitivity reactions caused by the non-toxic allergenic proteins contained in the saliva injected by a female mosquito (male mosquitos do not take blood-meals) at the time it takes its ...

4. The bite is on: What to know about the viruses mosquitoes are ...

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   The best way to avoid mosquito bites is to use bug sprays with DEET. The CDC also recommends Picaridin (known as KBR 3023 and icaridin outside the U.S.). The sprays won’t kill the bugs, but they ...

5. How to Tell the Difference Between Fleabites and Mosquito Bites

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   As they scratch the bite site, it can get infected, but this is rare. ... Mosquito bites. Topical treatment with hydrocortisone cream or calamine lotion will help relieve the itching associated ...

6. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   The mechanism of transmission of this disease starts with the injection of the parasite into the victim's blood when malaria-infected female Anopheles mosquitoes bite into a human being. The parasite uses human liver cells as hosts for maturation where it will continue to replicate and grow, moving into other areas of the body via the bloodstream.

7. Skeeter syndrome - Wikipedia

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   The Skeeter syndrome should not be confused with another type of reactivity to mosquito bites, severe mosquito bite allergy (SMBA). SMBA is most often an Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease that complicates ~33% of individuals with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection or, in extremely rare cases, individuals with Epstein-Barr virus-positive Hodgkin disease or an ...