Lack of MERS coronavirus but prevalence of influenza virus in French pilgrims after 2013 Hajj

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 728-730

  Gautret, Philippe ^a   Charrel, Rémi ^a   Benkouiten, Samir ^a   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^a   Nougairede, Antoine ^a   Drali, Tassadit ^a   Salez, Nicolas ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^b,c   al Masri, Malak ^b   Lagier, Jean Christophe ^a   Million, Matthieu ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERY ELDERLY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84896440636     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2004.131708     Document Type: Letter

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