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Roger Tonkin wrote:
As a slight aside, but not Off-topic:

Saw our quack today to get advice on which malaria tablets to
take (along side all the others). His coment was anything with
DEET, BUT it is better to spray your clothes rather than the
skin, something to do with stopping them getting up your
trouser leg or down the neck of your blouse!

Sorry, but he's wrong. Yes, it is a good idea to do your clothes,
but it is NOT more important than doing bare skin, and is because
mosquitoes can bite through (thinnish) clothing. Mosquitoes will
neither willingly enter enclosed spaces nor will 'walk' along a
surface. Some other flying insects will.

Also, it's not just anything with DTE, but with a high proportion
of it (preferably 50+%).

You should tuck your trousers into your socks (or use cycle clips)
and wear more than a blouse in any location that mosquitoes are
a serious problem. But, even with that, and slathered in DTE, you
WILL get bitten. However, most tourists don't go where mosquitoes
are a serious problem, anyway.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.