Measles and the 2019 Hajj: risk of international transmission

J Travel Med. 2019 Sep 2;26(6):taz058. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taz058.

Authors

Sakshi Shetty¹, Maya Murmann¹, Ashleigh R Tuite^{1

2}, Alexander G Watts¹, Isaac Bogoch³, Kamran Khan^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ BlueDot, Toronto M5J 1A7, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto M5T 3M7, Canada.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto M5G 2C4, Canada.
⁴ Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto M5B 1T8, Canada.

PMID: 31407794
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taz058

No abstract available

Keywords: Mass gathering; measles; travel; vaccine-preventable disease.

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases, Imported / prevention & control
Crowding
Humans
Islam
Measles / immunology
Measles / transmission*
Risk Assessment
Saudi Arabia
Travel / statistics & numerical data*