Emerging respiratory and novel coronavirus 2012 infections and mass gatherings

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 48-54

  Al Tawfiq, J A ^a   Smallwood, C A H ^b   Arbuthnott, K G ^b   Malik, M S K ^b   Barbeschi, M ^b   Memish, Z A ^c  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGITIS VACCINE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VACCINATION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84922686769     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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