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  1. DEET (Environmental Protection Agency)  
    DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is the active ingredient in many insect repellent products. It is widely used to repel biting pests such ...
    https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/deet - External Health Links
  2. Bug spray poisoning 
    Most bug repellents contain DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) as their active ingredient. DEET is one of the few insect sprays that work to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002763.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Travelers' Health: Traveling Safely with Infants and Children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Traveler's Health/Children ... Traveler's Health ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Information about how to order the U.S. government publication about ...
    https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/.../2024/family/infants-and-children - External Health Links
  4. Travelers' Health: Mosquitoes, Ticks, and Other Arthropods (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Traveler's Health/Related Issues ... Traveler's Health ... Lyme Disease/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Lyme Disease ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Information ...
    https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/.../mosquitoes-ticks-and-other-arthropods - External Health Links
  5. Prevention of West Nile Virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    ... bites, mosquito repellent, insect repellent, insect repellant, permethrin, DEET, what is deet, is deet safe, is deet bad for you, permethrin cream, permethrin spray, permethrin ...
    https://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/index.html - External Health Links
  6. Encephalitis 
    ... encephalitis. Apply an insect repellant containing the chemical, DEET when you go outside (but DO NOT use DEET products on infants younger than 2 months). Remove ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001415.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Bug repellent safety 
    ... many insects, bug repellents such as those containing DEET or picaridin should be used. To avoid skin ... risk of disease. Use a lower concentration of DEET (under 30%) on pregnant women and small children. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001969.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Mosquito Bites (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Insect Bites and Stings/Specifics ... Insect Bites and Stings ... Mosquito Bites/Learn More ... Mosquito Bites ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20375310?p=1 - External Health Links
  9. Take a Bite Out of Mosquito Stings (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)  
    Mosquito Bites/Learn More ... Mosquito Bites ... American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology ... AAAAI experts share how to avoid and treat a mosquito bites. ...
    https://www.aaaai.org/.../allergies/taking-a-bite-out-of-mosquitoes - External Health Links
  10. Battling Bites: Blocking Mosquito-Borne Diseases From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Mosquito Bites/Learn More ... Mosquito Bites ... Mosquito bites aren’t just itchy and irritating. They can also spread disease. Researchers are testing ways to ...
    https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2024/03/battling-bites - External Health Links
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