Vaccinations against respiratory tract infections at Hajj

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-127

  Alqahtani, A S ^a,b   Rashid, H ^a   Heywood, A E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR IMMUNISATION RESEARCH AND SURVEILLANCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hajj; Influenza; Mass gathering; Mecca; Pilgrimage; Respiratory tract infections; Vaccine effectiveness; Vaccine uptake

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MUMPS VACCINE; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE; BACTERIAL VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; META ANALYSIS; MUMPS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TETANUS; VACCINATION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84923010257     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.11.026     Document Type: Review

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