Preventive measures against MERS-CoV for Hajj pilgrims

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 829-831

  Gautret, Philippe ^a,b   Benkouiten, Samir ^b   Salaheddine, Imane ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MILK; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884398962     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70259-7     Document Type: Letter

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