What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016

All previous experiences from different mass gathering show that vaccine preventable diseases is the most important infections like influemza, hepatitis A, polio and meningitis. Three mass gathering held in Africa during the Ebola outbreak accepted participants from West Africa and was able to handl...

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Main Authors: A. Zumla, B. McCloskey, A.A. Bin Saeed, O. Dar, B. Al Otabi, S. Perlmann, P. Gautret, N. Roy, L. Blumberg, E.I. Azhar, M. Barbeschi, Z. Memish, E. Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216310943