Australian Hajj pilgrims’ knowledge about MERS-CoV and other respiratory infections

<正>Dear Editor,With the intense crowding in mass gatherings such as Hajj,there is a high risk of acquisition of airborne in-fections with the potential for its transmission in the pilgrims’country of origin(Memish Z A,et al.,2014).The risk of importing serious infections from Hajj has...

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Veröffentlicht in:Virologica Sinica 2014-10, Vol.29 (5), p.318-320
Hauptverfasser: Tashani, Mohamed, Alfelali, Mohammad, Barasheed, Osamah, Fatema, Fayeza Nusrat, Alqahtani, Amani, Rashid, Harunor, Booy, Robert
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Zusammenfassung:<正>Dear Editor,With the intense crowding in mass gatherings such as Hajj,there is a high risk of acquisition of airborne in-fections with the potential for its transmission in the pilgrims’country of origin(Memish Z A,et al.,2014).The risk of importing serious infections from Hajj has escalated since the emergence of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus(MERS-CoV)in Saudi Arabia and other neighbouring countries from September2012.Active surveillance of Hajj pilgrims in 2012 and 2013
ISSN:1674-0769
1995-820X
1995-820X
DOI:10.1007/s12250-014-3506-y