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Background: Aim: To assess the attitude, anxiety and preventive behaviors towards zika virus among budding health care providers in India including first year students pursuing Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Bachelor of Science BSc (Nursing), Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) and Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm). Materials and Methods: A total of 1300 participants were included in the study with 260 participants in each group. The questionnaire was designed in a google form and sent through WhatsApp and Mail. Snowball sampling methodology was employed in this study. The first 260 completely filled forms received from each specialty were included while the partially completed forms were excluded from the study. Results: The results showed that most of the participants were aware of the causes, signs and symptoms of Zika virus with P <0.001. They were also aware that Zika virus can be transmitted from a pregnant mother to her child and that there is an association between Zika virus infection and microcephaly with P<0.001 Conclusion: With regard to all the questions assessing attitude, anxiety and perceived behavior towards Zika virus, significant differences were observed among the five groups, with first-year MBBS students exhibiting better attitudes, lower anxiety, and more favorable perceived behaviors towards the Zika virus compared with the other four healthcare provider groups included in the study and this difference was found to be statistically significant with P<0.05.
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Journal of chemical health risks