The prevalance of respiratory viruses among healthcare workers serving pilgrims in Makkah during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-24

  Memish, Ziad A ^a   Assiri, Abdullah M ^b   Alshehri, Mohammed ^c   Hussain, Raheela ^b   Alomar, Ibrahim ^b  

^a ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

H1N1; Hajj; Healthcare workers; Respiratory; Viral

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOVIRUS; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PANDEMICS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858792756     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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