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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 796657" data-attributes="member: 12827"><p>Some sources have hinted that DEET might be a suspect carcinogen, but for the period of time you will be using it, I doubt it will be an issue. The risk of using it far outweighs becoming infected with a malaria parasite which causes a <em>chronic</em> infection, which will be with you for the rest of your life.</p><p></p><p>DEET is also very effective at repelling sand flies, which can carry another parasite which causes <em>Leishmaniasis</em>, a very nasty and potentially fatal if untreated, infection. They are found mostly in western Africa. We used it every day in Iraq because those little buggers (and they <em>are</em> little, only about 3 or 4 mm long) were everywhere and loved to bite you in your sleep. You never knew you were infected until you developed a pretty nasty looking lesion on your skin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STM, post: 796657, member: 12827"] Some sources have hinted that DEET might be a suspect carcinogen, but for the period of time you will be using it, I doubt it will be an issue. The risk of using it far outweighs becoming infected with a malaria parasite which causes a [I]chronic[/I] infection, which will be with you for the rest of your life. DEET is also very effective at repelling sand flies, which can carry another parasite which causes [I]Leishmaniasis[/I], a very nasty and potentially fatal if untreated, infection. They are found mostly in western Africa. We used it every day in Iraq because those little buggers (and they [I]are[/I] little, only about 3 or 4 mm long) were everywhere and loved to bite you in your sleep. You never knew you were infected until you developed a pretty nasty looking lesion on your skin. [/QUOTE]
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