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Biting and stinging insects are not only irritating; they can also transfer a number of sometimes serious infectious diseases, including:
- malaria (almost all (sub) tropical destinations)
- yellow fever (large parts of Tropical Africa, South America)
- dengue, also referred to as dandy fever (Latin America, Southeast Asia)
People generally use malaria tablets to prevent malaria. These give good, but NOT full protection. Every year, more than a million people die from malaria. There is currently no vaccine or medicine for dengue. You therefore need to prevent mosquito bites as far as possible
Care Plus provide two principal means to protect yourself against mosquitoes and other biting insects, and a number of other subsidiary products that will help to protect you whether at home or abroad -
Insect Repellents - Products that you apply to your skin which mask you from detection by mosquitoes and other biting insects thus preventing you from being bitten.
Mosquito Nets - Tight mesh nets generally impregnated with insecticide that kill or prevent biting insects that try to reach you primarily while you sleep.
Midge Nets, Head-Nets and Travel Sheets - Subsidiary products that can be used at home or abroad to prevent or diminish the nuisance of small biting insects
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