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losgatosmike
  2/23/2015 13:17 EST

I'm sure this topic has been brought up before, thanks in advance for your help.

Do I need to worry about Dengue if I visit Panglao or Dauis on Bohol? There are no mosquitos where I live, but when I go camping in the summer near lakes and water, I get bit about 20 times more than my friends.

Anything I can do to prevent besides long shirts, pants, and Deet? If that's the case, I'm thinking, why even go there?


Top 10 dengue-plagued Bohol towns bared

Jan 14, 2015 | News | 0 comments

TAGBILARAN CITY – The Cebu-based Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) through the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has bared the top ten Bohol municipalities in 2014 with the highest dengue cases and deaths.
These are the towns of Dauis with 112 cases with no causalty; Guindulman, 69 cases; Carmen, 66; Jagna, 59 with one death; Loon, 58; Panglao, 55 with one death; Talibon, 43; Cortes, 40; and Tubigon, 37, RESU said.
Tagbilaran City is the highest with 346 cases and 3 deaths in the same period. In 2013, the city posted a total of 637 cases with four (4) deaths, RESU said.
In 2013, Loon topped with 329 cases; Dauis, 240 with two deaths; Jagna, 225; Talibon, 210; Tubigon, 177; Panglao, 113; Baclayon, 112; Carmen, 90; and Guindulman, 60.
PHO is still making a consolidated data on dengue cases of the province for the priod January 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014.
But PHO showed a total of 1,220 cases and four deaths during the period Jnauary 201 to 2nd week of Nov. 2014.
During the same period, Alburquerque had four cases; Alicia, 10; Anda, 10; Antequera, 8; Baclayon, 27; Balilihan, 14; Batuan, 4; Bien-Unido, 15; Bilar, 9 with one death; Buenavista, 7; Calape, 3; Candijay, 21; Carmen, 58; Catigbian, 17; Clarin, 18; Corella, 8; Cortes, 29; Dagohoy, 17; Danao, 6; Dauis, 99; Dimiao, 5; Garcia-Hernandez, 27; Guindulman, 56; and Inabanga, 26.
Jagna, 53; Getafe, 6; Lila, 7; Loay, 5; Loboc, 20; Loon, 46; Mabini, 12; Maribojoc, 21; Panglao, 41 with one death; Pilar, 33; CPG, 4; Sagbayan, 7; San Isidro, 10; San Miguel, 8; Sevilla, 8; Sierra-Bullones, 24; Sikatuna,7; Talibon, 38; Trinidad, 16; Tubigon, 27; Ubay, 10; Valencia, 12; and Tagbilaran City, 277 with 2 deaths.
Bohol posted a total of more than 2,700 in 2010 cases; 623 cases in 2009. The total of 2,102 cases in 2008 surpassed the 1,679 cases in 2007.
Bohol experienced 231 cases and 3 deaths in 2006; 1,113 and 21 deaths in 2005; 283 and 5 deaths in 2004; 365 and 3 deaths in 2003; 289 and 2 deaths in 2002; 712 cases and 5 deaths in 2001; and 70 and zero deaths in 2000,based on the PHO ten-year data. (rvo)

Panglaodreamer
  2/24/2015 11:13 EST

I would be interested in this also as I have a house in Panglao and will be going there in June. I have never been bitten by mosquitos while there and would like to know what repellent works the best as a good safety measure.

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chance2013
  2/24/2015 15:20 EST

The best repellent I have used here is "off" never had a bite when I use it. Dengue can develop anywhere usually around stagnant dirty water which there is an abundance of here

poochewer
  2/24/2015 16:10 EST

I have found that "off" does absolutely nothing to ward off mosquitos.
Maybe it works in certain areas only.
I brought some really strong , tropical strength stuff from australia! And the mosquitos just land on it with no fear whatsoever.

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