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Hajj vaccinations—facts, challenges, and hope

Author(s) -

Moataz Abd El Ghany,

Hazem Sharaf,

Grant Hill-Cawthorne

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.024

Subject(s) - hajj , vaccination , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , immunology , computer science , geography , telecommunications , archaeology , islam

Vaccination is an effective preventive measure that has been used in the unique Hajj pilgrimage setting to control the transmission of infectious diseases. The current vaccination policy applied during Hajj is reviewed herein, highlighting the effectiveness of the approaches applied and identifying research gaps that need to be filled in order to improve the development and dissemination of Hajj vaccination strategies.

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