How Can Yellow Fever Be Prevented?
• Staying in air-conditioned or well-screened quarters
• Minimizing exposed skin by wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants
• Using insect repellent containing DEET or picaridin
• Applying permethrin-containing repellents to clothing
• Sleeping under bed nets when air-conditioned or well-screened bedrooms are not available
• Avoiding areas where mosquitoes breed
• Helping to eliminate mosquito breeding sites
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