Demographic distribution and transmission potential of influenza A and 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 in pilgrims

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1169-1175

  Ashshi, Ahmed ^a   Azhar, Esam ^b   Johargy, Ayman ^a   Asghar, Atif ^a   Momenah, Aiman ^a   Turkestani, Abdulhafeez ^c   Alghamdi, Saad ^a   Memish, Ziad ^c   Al Ghamdi, Ahmed ^b   Alawi, Maha ^d   El Kafrawy, Sherif ^b   Farouk, Mohomed ^a   Harakeh, Steve ^b   Kumosani, Taha ^b   Makhdoum, Hatim ^c   Barbour, Elie K ^b,e  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Demographic distribution; Influenza A H1N1; Makkah pilgrims

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907008462     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4204     Document Type: Article

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