title: Healthcare workers' knowledge towards Zika virus infection in Indonesia: A survey in Aceh.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the knowledge on Zika virus infection among healthcare providers (doctors) in Aceh province, Indonesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administered internet based survey was conducted from 3 May to 3 June 2016 among the members of doctor organizations in Aceh province. A set of validated, pre-tested questionnaire was used to measure knowledge regarding Zika infection and to collect a range of explanatory variables. A two-steps logistic regression analysis was employed to assess the association of participants' demographic, workplace characteristics and other explanatory variables with the knowledge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 442 participants included in the final analysis and 35.9% of them (159) had a good knowledge on Zika infection. Multivariate model revealed that type of occupation, type of workplace, availability of access to medical journals and experience made Zika disease as differential diagnose were associated with knowledge on Zika infection. In addition, three significant source of information regarding Zika were online media (60%), medical article or medical news (16.2%) and television (13.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The knowledge of the doctors in Aceh regarding Zika infection is relatively low. Doctors who have a good knowledge on Zika infection are more confident to established Zika disease as differential diagnosis in their clinical setting. Therefore, such program to increase healthcare providers' knowledge regarding Zika infection is needed to screen potential carriers of Zika infection.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Tropical Disease Centre, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Electronic address: harapan@unsyiah.ac.id.
authors.forename: Harapan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harapan
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aletta
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Samsul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, State Islamic University of Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Malang, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Abdul M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Setiawan
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maulana
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wahyuniati
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Muhammad R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ramadana
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Jambi University, Jambi, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Sotianingsih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haryanto
authors.affiliation: Public Health and Infection Research Incubator and Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Morales
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Kurnia F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Jamil
keywords: Attitude; Health care worker; Indonesia; Knowledge; Zika fever; Zika virus