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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.

Thanks. I kinda knew about the sprays. When I was in Greece I used them; took garlic tablets (mozzies don't like them); wore a mosquito repellant bracelet on my arms (and ankles); never opened the door of our apartment when the light was on at night; had a mozzie repellant plug-in in the wall; and sprayed the apartment with fly-spray every night before we went out to kill any bugs in the apartment before I got home.

I still got 50 infected mozzie bites.

Someone mentioned to me that there is some sort of injection a person can get if they are allergic (as I seem to be) to mosquito bites. I just haven't been able to find out what it is yet.