ArticleEmerging health threats journal2008
Influenza and respiratory syncytial virus infections in British Hajj pilgrims.
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- Predictors of mortality for nursing home-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review.BioMed research international · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review of emerging respiratory viruses at the Hajj and possible coinfection with Streptococcus pneumoniae.Travel medicine and infectious diseasePooled it
- Hajj-associated viral respiratory infections: A systematic review.Travel medicine and infectious diseasePooled it
- Viral respiratory infections among Hajj pilgrims in 2013.Virologica Sinica · 2014Trial
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- Evaluation of the rate, pattern and appropriateness of antibiotic prescription in a cohort of pilgrims suffering from upper respiratory tract infection during the 2018 Hajj season.Access microbiology · 2022Article
- A Mathematical Modeling Study: Assessing Impact of Mismatch Between Influenza Vaccine Strains and Circulating Strains in Hajj.Bulletin of mathematical biology · 2021Article
- The Hajj 2019 Vaccine Requirements and Possible New Challenges.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of respiratory viruses in Saudi Arabia: toward a complete picture.Archives of virology · 2019Review
- MERS-CoV, influenza and other respiratory viruses among symptomatic pilgrims during 2014 Hajj season.Journal of medical virology · 2019Article
- Mandatory meningococcal vaccine, and other recommended immunisations: Uptake, barriers, and facilitators among health care workers and trainees at Hajj.World journal of clinical cases · 2018Article
- Influenza vaccination among Saudi Hajj pilgrims: Revealing the uptake and vaccination barriers.Vaccine · 2018Article
- Trends in surveillance data of influenza virus in Tehran before decreasing dispatch of Iranian Hajj pilgrims to Mecca.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2018Article
- Expected immunizations and health protection for Hajj and Umrah 2018 -An overview.Travel medicine and infectious disease · 2017Review
- Multiple Sources of Genetic Diversity of Influenza A Viruses during the Hajj.Journal of virology · 2017Article
- The annual Hajj pilgrimage-minimizing the risk of ill health in pilgrims from Europe and opportunity for driving the best prevention and health promotion guidelines.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2016Article
- Mismatching between circulating strains and vaccine strains of influenza: Effect on Hajj pilgrims from both hemispheres.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2016Article
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Abstract
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 invited to participate; after taking medical history, nasal swabs were collected for point-of-care testing (PoCT) of influenza and for subsequent PCR analysis for influenza and RSV. Of the 205 patients recruited, 37 (18%) were positive for either influenza or RSV. Influenza A (H3) accounted for 54% (20/37) of the virus-positive samples, followed by RSV 24% (9/37), influenza B 19% (7/37), and influenza A (H1) 3% (1/37). Of the influenza-positive cases, 29% (8/28) had recently had a flu immunisation. Influenza was more common in those who gave a history of contact with a pilgrim with a respiratory illness than those who did not (17 versus 9%). The overall rate of RSV was 4% (9/202). This study confirms that influenza and RSV cause acute respiratory infections in British Hajj pilgrims. Continuing surveillance and a programme of interventions to contain the spread of infection are needed at the Hajj, particularly when the world is preparing for an influenza pandemic.
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