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Knowledge and awareness of Hanta virus and its complications among college students
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SUSHMA.B , JOTHI PRIYA, KARTHIK GANESH MOHANRAJ
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The aim of the study is to create knowledge and awareness about the Hanta virus and its complications among college students. The study setting is a prospective observational study. The sampling method used is random sampling with a sampling size of 100 participants. A self structured questionnaire was prepared and circulated using the online Google forms link. The study was conducted in the year 2020, and the data was collected during the process of the study in Private Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai. The data was collected and statistically analysed in SPSS. Chi-Square analysis was performed and p<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.According to the results of the survey 68% of the people are aware of Hantavirus , very less number of people think that both coronavirus and Hantavirus are the same and almost 30% people are aware of the knowledge of symptoms of Hantavirus. From the study it has been concluded that around 30 % of the college students are aware about the disease spread and its complications and still a lot more research has to be done in order to create a better knowledge on Hantavirus among the common people.
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Hantavirus, Infection, Rodents, RNA single strand, renal dysfunction
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.176
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