Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in British Hajj pilgrims
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Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in British Hajj pilgrims
Viral respiratory infections including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) have been reported during the Hajj among international pilgrims. To help establish the burden of these infections at the Hajj, we set up a study to confirm these diagnoses in symptomatic British pilgrims who attended the 2005 Hajj. UK pilgrims with symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) were inv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Health Threats Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1752-8550
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v1i0.7072