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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

Mass gatherings at religious events can pose major public health challenges, particularly the transmission of infectious diseases. Every year the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) hosts the Hajj pilgrimage, the largest gathering held on an annual basis where over 2 million people come to KSA from over 1...

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Autores principales: Shafi, Shuja, Dar, Osman, Khan, Mishal, Khan, Minal, Azhar, Esam I., McCloskey, Brian, Zumla, Alimuddin, Petersen, Eskild
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27343984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.013