Camel exposure and knowledge about MERS-CoV among Australian Hajj pilgrims in 2014

Alqahtani, Amani Salem; Wiley, Kerrie Elizabeth; Tashani, Mohamed; Heywood, Anita Elizabeth; Willaby, Harold Wayne; BinDhim, Nasser Fahad; Booy, Robert; Rashid, Harunor

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Published: 18 January 2016

Camel exposure and knowledge about MERS-CoV among Australian Hajj pilgrims in 2014

Amani Salem Alqahtani^1,2,
Kerrie Elizabeth Wiley^1,2,
Mohamed Tashani¹,
Anita Elizabeth Heywood³,
Harold Wayne Willaby²,
Nasser Fahad BinDhim⁴,
Robert Booy^1,5,6 &
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Harunor Rashid^1,5

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National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS), The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
Amani Salem Alqahtani, Kerrie Elizabeth Wiley, Mohamed Tashani, Robert Booy & Harunor Rashid
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
Amani Salem Alqahtani, Kerrie Elizabeth Wiley & Harold Wayne Willaby
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2033, Australia
Anita Elizabeth Heywood
Health Informatics Department, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi Arabia
Nasser Fahad BinDhim
Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2145, Australia
Robert Booy & Harunor Rashid
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings and High Consequence/High Visibility Events, Flinders University, Adelaide, 5001, Australia
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Alqahtani, A.S., Wiley, K.E., Tashani, M. et al. Camel exposure and knowledge about MERS-CoV among Australian Hajj pilgrims in 2014. Virol. Sin. 31, 89–93 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-015-3669-1

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Published: 18 January 2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-015-3669-1

Keywords

Brucellosis
Rift Valley Fever
Camel Milk
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
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