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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. |
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