Respiratory viruses and bacteria among pilgrims during the 2013 Hajj

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1821-1827

  Benkouiten, Samir ^a   Charrel, RéMi ^a   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^a   Drali, Tassadit ^a   Nougairede, Antoine ^a   Salez, Nicolas ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^b,c   al Masri, Malak ^b   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Brouqui, Philippe ^a   Parola, Philippe ^a   Gautret, Philippe ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONAVIRUS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FACE MASK; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY BACTERIA; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; RHINOVIRUS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; VIRUSES;

EID: 84908108719     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.140600     Document Type: Article

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