Encephalitis -- United States
- Wear EPA-registered insect repellant when outdoors and wear protective clothing (long sleeves and pants). Light-colored clothing helps you spot ticks! Cover crib, stroller, and baby carriers with mosquito netting.
- Avoid being outdoors during dawn and dusk when mosquitos are most active.
- Shower as soon as possible after spending time outdoors and wash and dry your clothing. Tumbling clothes in a dryer on high heat for 10 minutes will kill ticks on dry clothing (damp clothes may need
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8470628&promed&0
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