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[Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in pilgrims during the 2012 Hajj pilgrimage
Samir Benkouiten 1,2, Philippe Gautret 1,2,*, Khadidja Belhouchat 1, Tassadit Drali 1, Nicolas Salez 2,3, Ziad A. Memish 4,5, Malak al Masri 4, Pierre-Edouard Fournier 1,2, and Philippe Brouqui 1,2,**
Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Aix Marseille Universit?, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>2</SUP>Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire M?diterran?e Infection, 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>3</SUP>Aix Marseille Universit?, IRD, EHESP, UMR_D 190 "Emergence des Pathologies Virales", 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>4</SUP>Public Health Directorate, Saudi Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Center for Mass Gathering Medicine, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia <SUP>5</SUP>College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
**Corresponding author: Philippe Brouqui, MD, PhD, Aix Marseille Universit?, URMITE, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France (philippe.brouqui@univ-amu.fr) Tel.: +33 (0)491 32 43 75; fax: +33 (0)491 38 77 72
* Alternate corresponding author: Philippe Gautret, MD, PhD (philippe.gautret@club-internet.fr)
Abstract
To investigate the nasal carriage of some respiratory bacterial pathogens that are responsible for infections associated with person-to-person transmission, we conducted a cohort survey of pilgrims departing to Mecca for the 2012 Hajj season. In this report, we demonstrate the acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasal carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims.
Received August 21, 2013. Accepted November 4, 2013.
? The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
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Acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in pilgrims during the 2012 Hajj pilgrimage
Samir Benkouiten 1,2, Philippe Gautret 1,2,*, Khadidja Belhouchat 1, Tassadit Drali 1, Nicolas Salez 2,3, Ziad A. Memish 4,5, Malak al Masri 4, Pierre-Edouard Fournier 1,2, and Philippe Brouqui 1,2,**
Author Affiliations: <SUP>1</SUP>Aix Marseille Universit?, URMITE, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>2</SUP>Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire M?diterran?e Infection, 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>3</SUP>Aix Marseille Universit?, IRD, EHESP, UMR_D 190 "Emergence des Pathologies Virales", 13005 Marseille, France <SUP>4</SUP>Public Health Directorate, Saudi Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Center for Mass Gathering Medicine, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia <SUP>5</SUP>College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
**Corresponding author: Philippe Brouqui, MD, PhD, Aix Marseille Universit?, URMITE, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France (philippe.brouqui@univ-amu.fr) Tel.: +33 (0)491 32 43 75; fax: +33 (0)491 38 77 72
* Alternate corresponding author: Philippe Gautret, MD, PhD (philippe.gautret@club-internet.fr)
Abstract
To investigate the nasal carriage of some respiratory bacterial pathogens that are responsible for infections associated with person-to-person transmission, we conducted a cohort survey of pilgrims departing to Mecca for the 2012 Hajj season. In this report, we demonstrate the acquisition of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasal carriage in returning Hajj pilgrims.
Received August 21, 2013. Accepted November 4, 2013.
? The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
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