Indrashis Podder|Himel Mondal|Shaikat Mondal
Online information-seeking behavior for allergies and its association with COVID-19 vaccine-hesitancy in India: An info-epidemiologic study
College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital|Fakir Mohan University|Raiganj University|Government Medical College and Hospital
vaccinehesitancy important obstacle attain herdimmunity covid19 undue fears adverse effects like allergic reactions may important reason vaccinehesitancyto assess online informationseeking behavior indian internet users regarding allergies determine association covid19 vaccinehesitancywe conducted google trend analysis obtain relative search volume rsv keywordsskin allergy drug allergy food allergy vaccine allergy contact dermatitis allergy using public domain httpstrendsgooglecomtrends obtained statewise data statistically analyzed assess association vaccinehesitancyhigher rsv found vaccine allergy advent covid19 vaccines showing steepest peak skin allergy showed two peaks first peak advent covid19 pandemic second peak introduction vaccines rsv contact dermatitis remained unchanged eastern northeastern states showed highest rsv skin vaccine allergies literacy rate showed significant positive correlation vaccination whereas vaccinehesitancy inversely proportional rsv allergyincreased online informationseeking behavior demonstrated indians regarding various allergies particularly advent covid19 vaccines literacy directly proportional vaccination status whereas vaccinehesitancy inversely proportional searchvolume allergy