Toomey recommends

using repellent containing DEET, according to package instructions. However,

repellents with DEET should not be used on infants, and children should

use repellents that contain less than 10 percent DEET.

Many types

of infections can cause encephalitis in Georgia, including other mosquito-carried

diseases such as Eastern Equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis,

and La Crosse encephalitis. Public health workers in Georgia are continuing

to conduct surveillance in 2002 for mosquito-carried viruses, including

West Nile virus, in birds, horses, mosquitoes and humans throughout the

state. This surveillance has been successful in identifying persons and

animals with West Nile virus and other mosquito-transmitted diseases.

For more information

about mosquito control, call your county health department. For more information

about West Nile virus, see https://health.state.ga.us/epi/vbd.shtml .

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