West Nile Virus

Mosquitos: Repellents That Work

Growing up in Alaska I have spent my life avoiding bug bites. So for twenty years I have kept records about what works for me, not only in Alaska but other parts of the world.

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Bugs In the News: Brain Eating Amoeba, Hanta Virus, West Nile Virus

Bugs were in the news this month from Ebola in Africa, West Nile Virus in Texas, and the Neti Pot brain-eating bugs in Louisiana, and for the healthy campers of Yosemite there is Hanta Virus. Global warming and increasing temperatures have made conditions ripe for mosquitoes, amoebas, and virus to grow.

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