A cluster-randomised controlled trial to test the efficacy of facemasks in preventing respiratory viral infection among Hajj pilgrims

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-189

  Wang, Mandy ^a   Barasheed, Osamah ^a   Rashid, Harunor ^a   Booy, Robert ^a,b   El Bashir, Haitham ^c   Haworth, Elizabeth ^d   Ridda, Iman ^a   Holmes, Edward C ^b   Dwyer, Dominic E ^b,e   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan ^f   Memish, Ziad A ^g   Heron, Leon ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Facemask; Hajj pilgrimage; Influenza; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Viral respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NOSE SMEAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84964211373     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: 22106014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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