Meningococcal disease during the Hajj and Umrah mass gatherings

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 60-64

  Yezli, Saber ^a   Assiri, Abdullah M ^a   Alhakeem, Rafat F ^a   Turkistani, Abdulhafiz M ^a   Alotaibi, Badriah ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hajj; Mass gathering; Meningitis; Meningococcal disease; Outbreak; Umrah

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; BODY FLUID; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE OUTBREAKS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISLAM; LEISURE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPE; TRAVEL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BODY FLUIDS; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROGROUP; TRAVEL;

EID: 84964615078     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.007     Document Type: Article

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