Diarrhea at the Hajj and Umrah

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-166

  Gautret, Philippe ^a,b   Benkouiten, Samir ^a,b   Sridhar, Shruti ^a,b   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^c,d   Memish, Ziad A ^e,f  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Gastro intestinal diseases; Hajj Umrah; Pilgrimage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAJJ; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SANITATION; TRAVEL; UMRAH; VIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; ISLAM; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMBOLISM;

CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; SANITATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84926409655     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.02.005     Document Type: Review

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