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So my name is Lieutenant Commander 

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Sarah Robinson . I am the service chief 

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for the Infectious Diseases Department . 

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Um I'm also the Infection Control and 

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prevention chair for the committee in 

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our hospital as well . We see a variety 

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of infections here , anything from a 

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bacterial infection to a viral 

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infection . But at this time of year , 

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we also see um a lot of infections that 

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can be caused by different types of 

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insects or bugs , diseases and 

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infections that are caused by insect 

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vectors , um are often transmitted by 

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things like mosquitoes , ticks , fleas . 

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Um Those are really important in our 

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community because they can cause a lot 

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of bad illness , but especially 

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important in our active duty population 

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who's often forward deployed and 

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perhaps more SAR settings . So we do 

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see that commonly . Um It's important 

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because there's a lot of prevention 

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steps that you can take to help prevent 

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getting sick from different types of 

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illnesses that are transmitted by these 

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insect vectors . So the number one 

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thing we can do is be aware of what the 

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risks are , where we're traveling or 

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whatever we're doing in the local area . 

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If you're in the woods , hiking , 

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camping wearing long sleeves and pants 

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can help because it reduces the amount 

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of skin that's exposed to potentially 

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get bitten . Um , also wearing insect 

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repellent with , with at least 20% 

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which is the chemical that helps repel 

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the insects , including ticks and 

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mosquitoes . And then finally , um , 

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checking yourself for ticks is also a 

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really helpful and important step in 

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kind of preventing illness that's due 

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to insect .