Acute febrile respiratory infection symptoms in Australian Hajjis at risk of exposure to middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 453-

  Rashid, Harunor ^a   Barasheed, Osamah ^a   Booy, Robert ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACE MASK; FEVER; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SAUDI ARABIA; SORE THROAT; URINALYSIS; URINE COLOR; URINE VOLUME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885098510     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10984     Document Type: Letter

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