Prevalence of influenza at Hajj: Is it correlated with vaccine uptake?

Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-218

  Alfelali, Mohammad ^a,b   Rashid, Harunor ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attack rate; Hajj; Influenza; Influenza vaccine; Mass gathering; Point prevalence; Travel

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA B; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISLAM; SAUDI ARABIA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISLAM; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84928823281     PISSN: 18715265     EISSN: 18755852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871526515999150320160055     Document Type: Article

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