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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 .