The incidence of vaccine preventable influenza-like illness and medication use among Pakistani pilgrims to the Haj in Saudi Arabia

Vaccine

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 2956-2962

  Qureshi, Huma ^a   Gessner, Bradford D ^b   Leboulleux, Didier ^c   Hasan, Habiba ^d   Alam, Syed Ejaz ^a   Moulton, Lawrence H ^e  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^d Aventis Pasteur Formerly Pasteur M   (Pakistan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Haj; Incidence; Influenza; Saudi Arabia; Vaccine; Vaccine efficacy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034237454     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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