Religious festivals attract a large number of pilgrims from worldwide and are a potential risk
for the transmission of infectious diseases between pilgrims, and to the indigenous …

Respiratory tract infections rank second as causes of adult and paediatric morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Respiratory tract infections are caused by many different bacteria (including …

Several new viral respiratory tract infectious diseases with epidemic potential that threaten
global health security have emerged in the past 15 years. In 2003, WHO issued a worldwide …

Background Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a new human disease caused by
a novel coronavirus (CoV). Clinical data on MERS-CoV infections are scarce. We report …

Background In September 2012, the World Health Organization reported the first cases of
pneumonia caused by the novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). …

Background Young people's health has emerged as a neglected yet pressing issue in global
development. Changing patterns of young people's health have the potential to undermine …

The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains
unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several …

<p id="p001">A human coronavirus, called the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
(MERS-CoV), was first identified in September 2012 in samples obtained from a Saudi …

We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome
coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived …

Methods We interviewed 10,735 Saudis aged 15 years or older (51.1% women) through a
multistage survey. Data on sociodemographic characteristics, health-related habits and …