Tuberculosis infection during Hajj pilgrimage. The risk to pilgrims and their communities

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 676-680

  Al Orainey, Ibrahim O ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BCG VACCINATION; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; ISLAM; MASS SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84880722741     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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