Prevalence of MERS-CoV nasal carriage and compliance with the Saudi health recommendations among pilgrims attending the 2013 Hajj

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1067-1072

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Almasri, Malak ^a   Alhakeem, Rafat F ^a   Turkestani, Abdulhafeez ^a   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^a   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^c,d   Alzahrani, Abdullah ^a   Azhar, Essam ^e   Makhdoom, Hatem Q ^a   Hajomar, Waleed H ^a   Al Shangiti, Ali M ^a   Yezli, Saber ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hajj pilgrimage; MERS CoV; Nasal carriage; Screening; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; POLIOMYELITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RELIGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; VACCINATION; VIRUS CARRIER; YELLOW FEVER; ADOLESCENT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROWDING (AREA); DEMOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901435018     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu150     Document Type: Article

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