Department of Error (DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61927-9);Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9703, 2009, Pages 1786-1791

  Memish, ZA ^a   McNabb, SJN ^b   Mahoney, F ^c,d   Alrabiah, F ^e   Marano, N ^f   Ahmed, QA ^g   Mahjour, J ^h   Hajjeh, RA ^d   Formenty, P ^h   Harmanci, FH ^h   El Bushra, H ^h   Uyeki, TM ^d   Nunn, M ^h   Isla, N ^h   Barbeschi, M ^h  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b and Laboratory Services   (United States)

^c Prevention Office   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MOSLEM; PANDEMIC; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70449670175     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60094-3     Document Type: Erratum

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