Circulation of respiratory viruses among pilgrims during the 2012 Hajj pilgrimage

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 992-1000

  Benkouiten, Samir ^a,b   Charrel, Rémi ^b,c   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^a   Drali, Tassadit ^a   Salez, Nicolas ^b,c   Nougairede, Antoine ^b,c   Zandotti, Christine ^b,c   Memish, Ziad A ^d,e   Al Masri, Malak ^d   Gaillard, Catherine ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Gautret, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Institut Hospitalo Universitaire Méditerranée Infection   (France)

^c Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Hajj; Respiratory tract infections; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MOSLEM; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA;

COHORT STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAJJ; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUSES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884389811     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit446     Document Type: Article

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