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All Hajj pilgrims should get vaccine.(Brief Article)
2002 SEP 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seventeen percent of those returning from the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (Hajj) are carrying meningococcal bacteria, finds a study in the British Medical Journal.
As such, vaccination should become mandatory for all Hajj pilgrims, and should also be considered for their families, say the researchers.
Throat swabs were taken from 204 Malay pilgrims 18-72 days before their departure for the 2001 Hajj pilgrimage. Repeat swabs were taken from 84% of the pilgrims up to 45 days after their return.
Seventeen percent of pilgrims were menningococcal carriers, with 90% carrying the W135 clone - the strain that caused an international outbreak of meningococcal disease during the Hajj 2000. Carriage was significantly higher in pilgrims who had not taken antibiotics.
The returning pilgrims reported between 1 and 10 people living in their household. The level of meningococcal carriage in 233 of these ...
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- Newspaper article from: TB & Outbreaks Week September 10, 2002 700+ words
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- Neisseria meningitidis outbreak threatens Hajj pilgrims.
- Newspaper article from: TB & Outbreaks Week April 29, 2003 700+ words
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- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) June 28, 2009 700+ words
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- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) February 2, 2004 700+ words
...reports on the death of 39 Indonesian hajj pilgrims in a ritual in Mina, Saudi Arabia...report on the death of 39 Indonesian hajj pilgrims in Mina in the ritual of throwing pebbles...Information on the death of Indonesian hajj pilgrims is sensitive. So, we need to check...
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- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) January 3, 2007 700+ words
...ANTARA) - The case of Indonesian hajj pilgrims almost starving in Arafah, Saudi Arabia...namely, the issue of accommodations for hajj pilgrims in Mecca. According to information...Jedda, many buildings reserved for hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia were always used to...
- WOULD-BE HAJJ PILGRIMS ASKED NOT TO PANIC OVER FLIGHT BAN THREAT.
- News wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) July 18, 2007 700+ words
...carrier Garuda from flying Indonesian hajj pilgrims to the Holy Land. Syaifuddin said...well and guaranteed the safety of hajj pilgrims. "Therefore, we call on the people, would-be hajj pilgrims in particular, no to panic in the...