I'm prone to getting mosquito bites. But I just don't get a bite - every bite I get seems to erupt into a boil, and becomes infected.
(I've just returned home to Ireland - where we don't have mozzies - from two weeks in Greece, with 50 mosquito bites which I had to have treated by twice daily showers with antiseptic wash; cream and a course of antibiotics).
Is there an injection a person can get to ward off mosquitoes, if a person decided to do a US camping adventure?
I don't know about injections, but you can do a number of things to keep them at bay. These include using DEET (most bug repellents have this as an ingredient), wearing light colored, loose fitting clothing, don't camp near shallow standing water if possible, keep your tent screen closed and only open it to the extent that you need to get something and when you're ready to enter it to sleep. Catnip is supposed to work better than DEET and has no real side effects (like DEET may have) except for a possible allergic reaction. Vitamin B1 and lavender oil are also touted as effective repellents.
Avon has a product that works well, as does lemon oil. DEET has been accused of being very bad for the nervous system.
A lot of people swear by Skinsosoft lotion.
Some people say drinking a shot glass of vinegar a day
keeps them off.
I personally always used the WW II jungle juice that was
100% DEET but you can't hardly find it any more.
Now the best you can get is Army Surplus "ARTHROPOD" repellent. Not messy and seems to work, fairly inexpensive
too.
Try baking soda on those bites, wet it and cake a little on
each one.
What I hate worse than mozzies is CHIGGERS!!!
There is modern stuff you can spray yourself with but
tucking your pants in your socks and dusting yourself at the ankles and belt line, cuffs with powdered sulfur works
as good. you can get it at any pharmacy.
I used to have a 18' teepee and it was lots of fun too,
harder to put up but very comfortable.