COVID-19: preparing for superspreader potential among Umrah pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Lancet. 2020 Mar 14;395(10227):e48. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30466-9. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Authors

Shahul H Ebrahim¹, Ziad A Memish²

Affiliations

¹ University of Sciences, Technique and Technology, Bamako, Mali.
² Research & Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh 12746, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
COVID-19
Civil Defense*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Islam*
Patient Education as Topic
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
SARS-CoV-2
Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
Travel*