Prevention from dengue infection
As we know that dengue is mosquito-borne infectious disease, the way we prevents from dengue infection is to avoiding from mosquito biting. In the next paragraph, the more practical methods are shown. However, none of these methods guarantee prevention of Dengue fever.
1. Avoid mosquito bites by
- Using mosquito repellant
- Wearing protective clothes
- Sleeping in mosquito net
2. Get rid of mosquito breeding areas
- Remove water-filled containers e.g. water jar, flower vase etc.
- Add abate sand in water filled containers.
3. Dengue vaccine – not yet available but being researched
(reference : http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/d/dengue_fever/prevent.htm)
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