Advancing the global health security agenda in light of the 2015 annual Hajj pilgrimage and other mass gatherings

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-134

  Elachola, Habida ^a   Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Turkestani, Abdual Hafiz ^a   Sow, Samba S ^b   Petersen, Eskild ^c   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^d   Memish, Ziad A ^a,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mali)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLAVIRUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84946710360     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.10.003     Document Type: Editorial

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