French Hajj pilgrims' experience with pneumococcal infection and vaccination: A knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) evaluation

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 251-255

  Sridhar, Shruti ^a,b   Belhouchat, Khadidja ^b   Drali, Tassadit ^b   Benkouiten, Samir ^b   Parola, Philippe ^a,b   Brouqui, Philippe ^a,b   Gautret, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Hajj; KAP; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84944157053     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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