Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Associations between protective measures against tick bites and illness, gender, and proximity to home residence

From: Factors associated with tick bites and pathogen prevalence in ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia, USA

	Illness After Tick Bite (%)			Gender (%)			Location When Bitten (%)
	Sick	Not Sick	p-value ( vs. illness)	Male	Female	p-value (gender vs. )	Away from Home	At Home	Unknown	p-value (location vs. )
No Primary ^a(n = 14)	5 (36)	9 (64)	0.29	9 (64)	5 (36)	0.52	2 (14)	11 (78)	1 (8)	0.18
Primary (n = 55)^b	11 (20)	44 (80)	0.29	27 (49)	28 (51)	0.52	27 (49)	19 (35)	9 (16)	0.18
No Secondary ^a(n = 10)	5 (50)	5 (50)	0.04	4 (40)	6 (60)	0.19	5 (50)	5 (50)	0	0.4
Secondary Protection (n = 59)^b	11 (19)	48 (81)	0.04	32 (54)	27 (46)	0.19	24 (41)	25 (42)	10 (17)	0.4

^a5 participants using neither primary nor secondary protection declined to answer questions related to illness, gender or location when bitten
^bNote that 12 of 55 and 25 of 59 individuals took primary and secondary protection measures respectively

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