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Professionally tick-exposed persons (PTEPs), health care workers (HCWs), and the general population (GP) were subjected to an anonymous, voluntary, online questionnaire using Microsoft Forms. A total of 663 questionnaire responses were collected (February\u2013March 2021), while 642 were included in the analysis. The significant difference in knowledge in TBDs existed between GP and PTEPs, and HCWs (p &lt; 0.001). The perception of risk-to-tick exposure and TBDs was generally high (42.4 (95% CI: 33.6\u201351.2) within GP, 44.9 (95% CI: 35.8\u201353.9) within PTEPs and 46.2 (95% CI: 38.0\u201354.5) within HCWs), while fear was low (13.7 (95% CI: 7.9\u201319.5) within GP, 12.6 (95% CI: 7.3\u201319.9) within PTEPs, and 13.5 (95% CI: 7.4\u201319.5) within HCWs). Protective practices differed across groups (F (2639) = 12.920, p &lt; 0.001, \u03b72 = 0.039), with both PTEPs (t = 3.621, Cohen d = 0.332, p &lt; 0.001) and HCWs (t = 4.644, Cohen d = 0.468, p &lt; 0.001) adhering to more protective practices than the GP, without differences between PTEPs and HCWs (t = 1.256, Cohen d = 0.137, p = 0.421). Further education about TBDs in Serbia is required and critical points were identified in this study.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19020867","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]],"date-time":"2022-01-13T10:57:37Z","timestamp":1642071457000},"page":"867","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Tick-Borne Diseases within Professionally Tick-Exposed Persons, Health Care Workers, and General Population in Serbia: A Questionnaire-Based Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Ana","family":"Vasi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7413-0324","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jovana","family":"Bjeki\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gorana","family":"Veinovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Darko","family":"Mihaljica","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ratko","family":"Sukara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jasmina","family":"Poluga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University Clinical Centre of Serbia, Bulevar Oslobo\u0111enja 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"},{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8508-3367","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sa\u0161a R.","family":"Filipovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sne\u017eana","family":"Tomanovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Dr Suboti\u0107a 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kernif, T., Leulmi, H., Raoult, D., and Parola, P. 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