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ArticleTropical medicine & international health : TM & IH2015

High prevalence of common respiratory viruses and no evidence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Hajj pilgrims returning to Ghana, 2013.

Augustina Annan, Michael Owusu, Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo, Richard Larbi, Francisca Naana Sarpong, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Joseph Amankwa, Samuel Fiafemetsi, Christian Drosten, Ellis Owusu-Dabo and 1 more

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Article in Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Augustina AnnanKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Michael Owusu
Kwadwo Sarfo Marfo
Richard Larbi
Francisca Naana Sarpong
Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Joseph Amankwa
Samuel Fiafemetsi
Christian Drosten
Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Isabella Eckerle
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHGhana Health Service · GHGerman Center for Infection Research · DEKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine · GHUniversity of Bonn · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012 on the Arabian Peninsula and has caused severe respiratory disease with more than 800 laboratory-confirmed cases. The return of infected pilgrims to their home countries with a putative spread of MERS-CoV necessitates further surveillance.

methodsA cross sectional study of 839 adult African Hajj pilgrims returning to Accra in Ghana, West Africa, was conducted in 2013 to assess the prevalence of respiratory symptoms as well as of MERS-CoV, human rhinovirus (HRV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza A virus (FLU A) infection.

resultsSix hundred and fifty-one (77.6%) pilgrims had respiratory symptoms. Tests were positive for at least one of the viruses other than MERS-CoV in 179 (21.3%) of all pilgrims, with 22.4% detection in symptomatic vs. 17.6% detection in asymptomatic pilgrims. No MERS-CoV was detected, although common respiratory viruses were prevalent, with positive findings for HRV in 141 individuals (16.8%), RSV in 43 individuals (5.1%) and FLU A in 11 individuals (1.3%). Results were positive for more than one virus in 16 (1.9%) individuals, including 14 (1.7%) RSV/HRV co-infections and 2 (0.2%) FLU A/HRV co-infections. A total 146 (22.4%) of the symptomatic returnees tested positive for at least one respiratory virus compared with 33 (17.6%) of the asymptomatic pilgrims who had at least one detectable virus in their sample.

conclusionsThe prevalence of viral respiratory infections among Hajj pilgrims in both symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects was high. Although it is reassuring that MERS-CoV was not detected in the tested population, there is a need for active surveillance of Hajj pilgrims.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCoronavirus InfectionsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGhanaHumansInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusPopulation SurveillancePrevalenceReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionCoronavirus MERSenfermedad respiratoriaHajj pilgrimageHuman rhinovirusInfluenza A virusmaladie respiratoireMERS-coronavirusMERS-Coronaviruspèlerinage du Hajjperegrinación Hajjrespiratory illnessRespiratory syncytial virusrhinovirus humainrinovirus humanovirus de l'influenza Avirus Influenza Avirus respiratoire syncytialvirus Sincicial Respiratorio

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PMCPMC7169725
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