Reducing the Risk of Mosquito Exposure

What repellant can you use on a child? Which repellant do you use to prevent malaria? Globally, there are about 75 quadrillion mosquitos on earth. But of the 3,000 species of mosquitoes, only three species bear the responsibility for the spread of human diseases. This podcast outline steps to help the spread of diseases from mosquitos.

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This is wilderness medicine education from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the Univeristy of Utah. It is designed for use in the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program, but anyone who goes into the backcountry should study this material. Log onto: www.wildmedu.org for more information.