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Serogroup W135 meningococcal disease in Hajj pilgrims
The Lancet, 2000An outbreak of W135 meningococcal disease occurred in the spring of 2000 among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia and their contacts. Clinical isolates from England and France were examined and compared with reference strains from other countries. Characterisation of isolates by a range of typing methods showed them to be of clonal origin (ET-37) and
M K, Taha +7 more
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Meningococcal vaccine coverage in Hajj pilgrims
The Lancet, 20071343 identifying haemorrhagic stroke; and (d) its use in the emergency setting should be assessed on the basis of pretest probability. The latter deserves a few additional remarks. The proportion of patients with a defi nite stroke seen by Chalela and colleagues (61%) is much lower than that reported from comparable settings, 2,3 where emergency ...
Haitham El Bashir +3 more
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W135 meningococcal carriage in Hajj pilgrims
The Lancet, 2002Susan Hahné +2 more
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Overweight and Obesity in French Hajj Pilgrims
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2012High prevalence of overweight (45%) and obesity (30%) were recorded in French Hajj pilgrims originating from North Africa. Females were significantly more likely to suffer from obesity compared to males. The overall prevalence of obesity among French pilgrims born in North-Africa was twice that of the overall French population.
Philippe, Gautret +6 more
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M-HAJJ DSS: A mobile decision support system for Hajj pilgrims
2016 3rd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS), 2016Performing Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. Usually the pilgrims will attend a training before departing for Hajj as a preparation for the ritual process, in order to achieve a ‘mabrur’ Hajj. However, they probably encounter some problems related to Hajj ritual that require immediate decisions especially rituals that is related with ‘Dumm ...
Hasimah Hj. Mohamed +2 more
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Value of rapid testing for influenza among Hajj pilgrims
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2007Muslim pilgrims going on the Hajj are at risk of influenza. The treatment and prevention of influenza with antiviral drugs depends on rapid diagnosis using a near-patient test such as the QuickVue influenza test. The suitability of this test among pilgrims has not been studied in the past and this study assesses the usefulness of the test for ...
Harunor, Rashid +6 more
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Health tracking framework for Hajj pilgrims using electronic health records for Hajj
2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2014Electronic Health Records (EHR) is very important during Hajj period. This paper investigates a new mechanism that creates sharing platform between Health ministry and Hajj ministry to keep pilgrims health records online by using special devices. This environment will provide preemptive approach to reduce health problems and reducing the time and cost ...
I Nafea, M N Bhairy, Z A Zeidan
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Mandating influenza vaccine for Hajj pilgrims
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2016Mohammad, Alfelali +4 more
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THE HAJJ Experience of Turkish Female Pilgrims
2010This chapter presents findings from in-depth interviews with female pilgrims traveling from Turkey on their Hajj. The three main motives for the respondents were fulfilling one of the Five Pillars of Islam, visiting the center of the Muslim world, and seeing how others practiced Islam.
Gunlu, Ebru, Okumus, Fevzi
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