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

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
Subjects:
Mass gatherings
Hajj
Mela Kumba
Zika virus
Olympic games
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216310943
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spelling doaj-ef9d4469cb094f45b734160a4c1a239c2020-11-24T22:24:06ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases1201-97121878-35112016-06-0147C1410.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.010What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016A. Zumla0B. McCloskey1A.A. Bin Saeed2O. Dar3B. Al Otabi4S. Perlmann5P. Gautret6N. Roy7L. Blumberg8E.I. Azhar9M. Barbeschi10Z. Memish11E. Petersen12Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UKGlobal Health Department, Public Health England, London, UKDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPublic Health England, London, UKWHO Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings Medicine, Office of the Deputy Minister for Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa, USAInfectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Unit, North Hospital, Marseille, FranceEnvironmental Health Resource Hub, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai, IndiaNational Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health Surveillance and Response, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South AfricaSpecial Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center and Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaWorld Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandMinistry of Health, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaInstitute of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, DenmarkAll 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 handle the theoretical risk without any incident. Therefore we believe that the Olympc games in Rio de Janeiro should not be canceled. The number of visitors to the games is a tine fraction (1%) of other visitors to Zika endemic con tries and it will have no measurable effect on the risk of spreading Zika virus, if the games was cancelled.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216310943Mass gatheringsHajjMela KumbaZika virusOlympic games
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author 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
spellingShingle 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
What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Mass gatherings
Hajj
Mela Kumba
Zika virus
Olympic games
author_facet 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
author_sort A. Zumla
title What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
title_short What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
title_full What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
title_fullStr What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
title_full_unstemmed What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016
title_sort what is the experience from previous mass gathering events? lessons for zika virus and the olympics 2016
publisher Elsevier
series International Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1201-9712
1878-3511
publishDate 2016-06-01
description 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 handle the theoretical risk without any incident. Therefore we believe that the Olympc games in Rio de Janeiro should not be canceled. The number of visitors to the games is a tine fraction (1%) of other visitors to Zika endemic con tries and it will have no measurable effect on the risk of spreading Zika virus, if the games was cancelled.
topic Mass gatherings
Hajj
Mela Kumba
Zika virus
Olympic games
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216310943
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