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- Title
Educating travellers on insect bite avoidance.
- Authors
Gawthrop, Mary
- Abstract
The article discusses ways on how travelers can practice bite-avoidance measures in order to mitigate the risk of diseases spread by insect bites. Topics covered include dengue as an insect-borne viral disease caused by Aedes mosquitoes, the discovery of Chikungunya virus in Africa in 1952, and the importance of bite avoidance to prevent malaria.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of bites &; stings; TICK-borne diseases; DENGUE; INSECT baits &; repellents; INSECTS; MALARIA; MEDICAL office nursing; MOSQUITOES; RISK assessment; TRAVEL hygiene; WORLD Wide Web; YELLOW fever; INFORMATION resources; CHIKUNGUNYA; PREVENTION
- Publication
Practice Nursing, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 10, p487
- ISSN
0964-9271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/pnur.2015.26.10.487