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Is it true that one way to prevent the DENGUE is to take vitamins specifically B1 Thiamine hydrochloride?


Some previous studies reveal that intake of high doses of vitamin B1 (25-50 mg 3x a day) may be an effective repellant against mosquito bites. Vitamin B1, or thiamine hydrochloride, in a safe and water soluble vitamin which produces a skin odor that is not detectable by human, but is disagreeable to mosquitoes.
Thiamine hydrochloride most likely acts to combine with the perspiration of the host to repel insects by its odor.
According to Allan Greene, M.D. FAAP, August 11, 1992; it takes about 2 weeks before the odor of thiamine fully saturates the skin
Silva et. al. in 1995 (Re. Hosp Clin, Fac Med, Jao Paulo Vol 50, No1) reports a widely help opinion in Brazil, that vitamin B complex is useful as a mosquito repellant
Dengue is now the most important mosquito-borne viral disease in the world affecting young and old, rich and poor
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