BTW, I was bit such as a child that I looked like I had measles all summer (in between the freckles). My Mom put citronella on me. It didn't work for me, but it did work for my 3 siblings. Different things work for different people. I also have no reaction to mosquito bites now. At all. It seems innoculation may not be a bad thing.
Also BTW, if you check, all of the human West Nile virus infections have been in suburbs, not the bush. Not so sure that the mosquito that carries West Nile thrives in this environment, no proof. I haven't tracked the equine cases, and everyone in the country buys the vaccine for their horses. It might be the fear factor.