Demographic distribution and transmission potential of influenza A and 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 in pilgrims
Author(s) -
Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi,
Esam I. Azhar,
Ayman Johargy,
Atif H. Asghar,
Aiman M. Momenah,
Abdulhafeez Turkestani,
Saad Alghamdi,
Ziad A. Memish,
Ahmed K. Al-Ghamdi,
Maha Alawi,
Sherif A. ElKafrawy,
Mohomed Farouk,
Steve Harakeh,
Taha Kumosani,
Hatim Makhdoum,
Elie K. Barbour
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.4204
Subject(s) - pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , outbreak , hajj , human mortality from h5n1 , virology , demographics , environmental health , medicine , demography , geography , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology , sociology , islam , electrical engineering , engineering
The World Health Organization's persistent reporting of global outbreaks of influenza A viruses, including the 2009 pandemic swine A H1N1 strain (H1N1pdm09), justified the targeted surveillance of pilgrims during their annual congregation that pools more than two million people from around 165 nations in a confined area of Makkah city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
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