Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , 2008

Hajj: Health lessons for mass gatherings

  • Shuja Shafi

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology and Health Protection Agency Collaborating Laboratory, Northwick Park & St Marks Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, London, UK
    • On behalf of Health at Hajj and Umrah (HAHU) Research Group.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Microbiology and Health Protection Agency Collaborating Laboratory, Northwick Park & St Marks Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, London, UK.
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  • Robert Booy

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Child Health, Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
    • National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Disease, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • On behalf of Health at Hajj and Umrah (HAHU) Research Group.
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Haworth

      Affiliations

    • Health Protection Agency South East, London, UK
    • On behalf of Health at Hajj and Umrah (HAHU) Research Group.
    • ,
  • Harunor Rashid

      Affiliations

    • Academic Unit of Child Health, Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
    • On behalf of Health at Hajj and Umrah (HAHU) Research Group.
    • ,
  • Ziad A. Memish

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine, Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • On behalf of Health at Hajj and Umrah (HAHU) Research Group.

Received 12 August 2008 ,Revised 20 August 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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PII: S1876-0341(08)00008-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.08.008

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 27-32 , 2008

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