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The best (and worst) ways to beat mosquito bites

  • Written by Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

First one, then another. Bite! Slap! Bite! Before you know it, mosquitoes are descending from the skies to disrupt your backyard summer soiree. How can such a tiny, fragile insect cause so much pain, suffering and annoyance?

Notwithstanding the death and disease that mosquito-borne pathogens cause around the world, the annoyance caused by mosquito...

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