Monsoon diseases - prevention is better than cure

Mossies and nets are a HUGE subject here on IM...the "search" box is your friend! It's overwhelming, the amount of info here on that....so get surfing!

hey thanks for the advice! I've surfed through a few really informative threads!


Seems like I need DEET

Holy s*** you can spell chikungunya?!?



No vaccine; no treatment, apart from alleviating the symptoms. I heard from someone (here, I think) that one of the antimalarials (although there is no relation between the diseases) has been found to give relief.


I believe it is spread by day-flying mosquitoes.

Heaps of info on nets... whole threads devoted to them*

I don't think this is a killer, like Dengue, just very, very unpleasant, and with symptoms that can be long-lasting.



*Whoops! Just re-read that. I mean IM forum threads, of course. No pun intended

Funny part is, the school is hosting a dance/light show at a fort, at night. I told a friend and they said it is wonderful. My concern was being out at night with mosquitos. I think that I will have a different outlook once I am there. I want to enjoy the experience..........Now for the Delhi superbug.....hmmmm

The peak biting times are dawn and dusk, with flurries of activity around mid-night or 2.00am. One application of repellent, before the sun starts to set, will actually see you through most of an evening out.

Great news!! I have Odomos for my skin and deet for my clothes.

My understanding (which does not really stretch to long chemical names) is that Odomos is DEET.

Ah!!--this " flurries of activity around mid and 2am "--please elaborate, sounds interesting ???

I think I've read it somewhere --- but, anyway, it is my experience, as one who is usual up and about in the hours of the night. This is when I often get bitten!

Basically... although there are different day- or night-biting mossies, and the major peak times, there is a 24-hour risk of getting bitten.

Pure Gold--possibly one of the best reply's ever-I have always assumed that the "Major Peak times" were when i was asleep, as that is when i seem to get bitten.

Well, yes ... but that could have been between 12.00 and 2.00!

I do find that, at open-air events, one notices the mossies most around 6.30pm: the peak thing is certainly true, I guess the night fliers are wanting breakfast! However, if they didn't bite at other times, we wouldn't have to bother with nets at all.

Another experience of mine is that if you disturb a mosquito, for instance by disturbing the plants where they are asleep, they will come out and bite!

Now I must apply Odomos and go out for the evening!

Well I looked on the bottle of odomos and I don't see deet. Of course, i could be wrong. I usually am. HAHA!

Hopefully one of our scientists will be along.

My understanding is that it is a different name for the same stuff, or very close relative.

Actually... I hope a scientist will be along, because I'd like to know if I'm wrong about this!

Ok I looked it up and it contains 15% deet. So you are RIGHT! Once again, I am wrong. HAHA! Would NOT be he first time. :-)

Oh, thanks... I thought so, but wasn't a 100% sure. I think there is more than one long chemical name for DEET (which probably stands for one of them)

Some people do not like the smell. I'm one of those odd people that often likes things others don't --- I do like the smell of Odomos. The tube version, and the lotion, at least: the spray is rather pungent.