Protect yourself, your family and animals

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Protect yourself

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed several fact sheets to help answer your questions about how to protect yourself from mosquitoes.

How to control and prevent mosquito bites

Protecting pollinators while using pesticides

Finding the right repellent for you

Helpful links

Mosquito-born diseases in Ohio (Ohio Department of Health)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Mosquito bite symptoms and treatment (CDC)
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD)

Protect your animals

Read these Ohioline fact sheets to learn more about how to protect your horses from mosquitoes and West Nile Virus (WNV).

Horses and WNV

Caballos Y WNV