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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 3;14(5):475–480. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.08.011

Table 5.

Mosquito prevention measures among survey respondents, by prior knowledge of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) — Virgin Islands National Park, February 2–8, 2015.a

Aware of CHIKV
Not aware of CHIKV
Chi-square p value
No. % No. %
Applied insect repellent to skin 134 65 111 48 12.3 <0.001
Wore long-sleeves and long pants 84 42 57 25 12.9 <0.001
Wore clothing treated with insect repellent 36 18 22 10 5.8 0.016
Stayed in screened or air conditioned rooms 151 74 172 75 0.06 0.801
Used mosquito bed net 16 8 18 8 0.0005 0.981
a

Reflects respondents who always or sometimes practiced the following preventions during the previous 3 days.