Tips for avoiding mosquito bites

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.



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Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.

If you can afford it, staying in high quality hotels is also a good
idea. I wasn't once bothered by mosquitos on a just completed trip to
India, including Goa. At the hotel in Agra, there were a large number of
mosquitos outside in the evening (and several stuck outside our window
in the morning) but not a peep of them anywhere inside. Ironically, the
only place where they were a mild annoyance was at Delhi airport as we
waited to depart! I had skin spray with me, but only rarely used it, and
even then, probably didn't need it.

(By contrast, I remember being bothered by mosquitoes at night when I
lived in Delhi in a private home for 6 weeks in the late 80s.)

I've been quite bothered by mosquitoes in cheaper hotels in Greece, even
Spain- staying in more upmarket places (the norm in recent years) I
haven't had any problems. They don't seem to like air conditioned spaces
IME.

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The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.



My experience is that if there's a reasonable electricity supply an
electric 'mosquito coil' is better than nets as nets need re rigging if
you need to get up in the middle of the night and are right buggers to
get right if you're half asleep.

The only people I know in India who use nets are those without a
reliable electricity supply.

--
William Black

When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.


The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.
A long time ago they were proliferating along the Mediterranean sea.
They can be no more found in holiday or tourists' places. For example
they were long ago very annoying all along the Languedoc coast in France,
no more, except perhaps, outdoors at night on windless days, in Camargue,
the Rhone river marsh wild life natural park.

http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html

http://www.costieres-camargue-authentique.camargue.fr/

(babelfish translation here : http://minilien.fr/a0mpg8 )

Paradoxically, in northern Europe, midges can be much more annoying than
mosquitoes are in southern Europe.

http://www.highland-midge.co.uk/


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On Apr 21, 5:33*am, Paul Aubrin wrote:
On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:
The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.

The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.
A long time ago they were proliferating along the Mediterranean sea.
They can be no more found in holiday or tourists' places. For example
they were long ago very annoying all along the Languedoc coast in France,
no more, except perhaps, outdoors at night on windless days, in Camargue,
the Rhone river marsh wild life natural park.

http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html

http://www.costieres-camargue-authentique.camargue.fr/

(babelfish translation here :http://minilien.fr/a0mpg8)

Paradoxically, in northern Europe, midges can be much more annoying than
mosquitoes are in southern Europe.

http://www.highland-midge.co.uk/









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coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet
treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria!

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.


The most efficient solution is to use a fan.

Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.

We run fans, big ceiling fans, in India almost all the time but if we
don't switch on the 'coil' at dusk we get bitten.

--
William Black

When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.

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To our surprise about 10 years back we were told that the Side/Med
coast of Turkey was still a malarial area and needed the old tablet
treatment that I used to endure for Nigeria!

The tablets upset me, and they're only about 60% effective anyway.

Good anti malaria discipline when sleeping or going out at dusk is
perfectly adequate.

--
William Black

When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.

On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote:

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.


The most efficient solution is to use a fan.

Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.

I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia.
With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night.

Before that, I used a mosquito net on my hammock and occasionally some
voracious mosquitoes managed to find their way underneath and bite my
back through the thick cloth.

In southern France, in those places with mosquitoes at the mosquito
season, those UV electrical trap can help a lot, electrical plugs
diffusing chemical are efficient too.

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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:54 +0100, Bill wrote:

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed
when going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.


The most efficient solution is to use a fan.

Try that in a tropical country and you'll get bitten.

I tried it in several tropical countries in South America and S-E Asia.
With a good revolving fan, mosquitoes never bite you during the night.


They do in India.


--
William Black

When you hear the words 'Our people are our greatest asset' then it's
time to leave.

Paul Aubrin writes:

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:40:25 -0700, Priya Mehta wrote:

The most common solution against a mosquito attack at night,
especially in tropical countries, is the use of a net over the bed when
going to sleep. It keeps the mosquitoes out.


The most efficient solution is to use a fan.
You will seldom be annoyed by mosquitoes in Europe.

I don't remember the name of the town, but we were prety bothered by
mosquitoes in France one night in Brittany near Briere Regional
Natural Park.

And yes, it is also hard not to believe they are a hazard in the
Camargue.

Having said that, apart from isolated experiences, I have found
mosquitoes much less prevalent in the parts of Europe I've spent time
in than in east coast or midwestern US.

Still, when they are annoying, they are very annoying, and screens
seem not yet to have been invented in the old world. I recall one
very hot night (in southern Brittany) where we were told "at bedtime,
close the bedroom window, spray this big can of Off around the room,
leave for ten minutes, and then come back to the room and go to
sleep." (Keeping window closed.)

It was amusing that this was how guests were expected to cope, but it
didn't make for much of a night's sleep. Either stifle with the
window closed breathing "Off" fumes, or open up the window and welcome
back the mosquitoes.

Still, malaria seemed like no danger.
M