Avoiding bites is essential for those travelling to tropical countries. Some insects are capable of transmitting diseases especially mosquitoes, which can transmit, malaria, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis dengue fever as well as other diseases.
Remember, no anti-malarial drug is 100% effective, and there is no vaccine or tablets to prevent dengue fever, which is why insect bite prevention is so important.
Different insects bite at different times of the day and night, so it's important to wear insect and mosquito repellents and use other mosquito bite prevention products at all times.