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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Travel Med. 2011 Jan;18(1):53-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00480.x. Epub 2010 Nov 22.
Protective measures against acute respiratory symptoms in French pilgrims participating in the hajj of 2009.
Gautret P, Vu Hai V, Sani S, Doutchi M, Parola P, Brouqui P.
EuroTravNet, the European CDC Collaborative Network for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, H?pital Nord, Marseille, France.
Abstract
Among a cohort of 274 French pilgrims participating in the 2009 Hajj, 77.4% used hand disinfectant, 89.8% used disposable handkerchiefs, and 79.6% used face masks; 97.4% were vaccinated against seasonal flu, 5.8% against H1N1, and 31.4% against pneumococcus. Influenza vaccine and face mask use did not significantly reduce respiratory symptoms.
? 2010 International Society of Travel Medicine.
PMID: 21199143 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21199143
Protective measures against acute respiratory symptoms in French pilgrims participating in the hajj of 2009.
Gautret P, Vu Hai V, Sani S, Doutchi M, Parola P, Brouqui P.
EuroTravNet, the European CDC Collaborative Network for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, H?pital Nord, Marseille, France.
Abstract
Among a cohort of 274 French pilgrims participating in the 2009 Hajj, 77.4% used hand disinfectant, 89.8% used disposable handkerchiefs, and 79.6% used face masks; 97.4% were vaccinated against seasonal flu, 5.8% against H1N1, and 31.4% against pneumococcus. Influenza vaccine and face mask use did not significantly reduce respiratory symptoms.
? 2010 International Society of Travel Medicine.
PMID: 21199143 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21199143