Prevention of influenza at hajj: Applications for mass gatherings

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Haworth, Elizabeth ^a   Barasheed, Osamah ^b   Memish, Ziad A ^c   Rashid, Harunor ^b   Booy, Robert ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ZANAMIVIR;

CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MASK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID TEST; RAPID VIRAL TESTING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SURGICAL MASK; VACCINATION; VENTILATOR; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; PANDEMIC; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISLAM; PANDEMICS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881280623     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.120170     Document Type: Review

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