The potential for pneumococcal vaccination in Hajj pilgrims: Expert opinion

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 288-294

  Rashid, Harunor ^a   Abdul Muttalif, Abdul Razak ^b   Mohamed Dahlan, Zuraimi Bin ^c   Djauzi, Samsuridjal ^d   Iqbal, Zafar ^e   Karim, Hj Matnoh ^f   Naeem, Syed Muhammad ^g   Tantawichien, Terapong ^h   Zotomayor, Ricardo ⁱ   Patil, Shilpa ^j   Schmitt, Heinz Josef ^j,k  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^b Institute of Respiratory Medicine   (Malaysia)

^c Banyan Clinic   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^e ALLAMA IQBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^f Hospital Kemaman   (Malaysia)

^g Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital Quetta   (Pakistan)

^h CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ University of the East   (Philippines)

^j PFIZER INC   (United States)

^k JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Conjugate vaccine; Hajj; Pneumococcal; Polysaccharide vaccine

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ACUTE SINUSITIS; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CHOLERA; COMMON COLD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATALITY; FEVER; FILIPINO; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; SINGAPORE; SMALLPOX; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THAILAND; VACCINATION;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ARI; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CAP; CASE FATALITY RATE; CFR; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONJUGATE VACCINE; EPAR; EUROPEAN PUBLIC ASSESSMENT REPORT; HAJJ; INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE; IPD; MAJLIS UGAMA ISLAM SINGAPURA; MUIS; NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS; NCMF; PAKISTAN CHEST SOCIETY; PCS; PCV; PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; PPV; PREVENT; PREVENTIVE VACCINATION FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE IN MASS GATHERINGS ASIA ADVISORY BOARD; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RSV;

CROWDING; HUMANS; ISLAM; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MEDICINE;

EID: 84885572933     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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