Viral respiratory infections at the Hajj: Comparison between UK and Saudi pilgrims

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Rashid, H ^a   Shafi, S ^b   Haworth, E ^c   El Bashir, H ^a   Memish, Z A ^d   Sudhanva, M ^e   Smith, M ^e   Auburn, H ^e   Booy, R ^a,f  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hajj; Influenza; Pilg rims; Respiratory tract infections; Vaccination rates; Virus infections

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 43149100340     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01987.x     Document Type: Article

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