Respiratory Viruses and Bacteria among Pilgrims during the 2013 Hajj
Samir Benkouiten, Rémi N. Charrel, Khadidja Belhouchat, Tassadit Drali, Antoine Nougairede, Nicolas Salez, Ziad A. Memish, Malak Al Masri, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult, Philippe Brouqui, Philippe Parola, and Philippe Gautret
Author affiliations: Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France (S. Benkouiten, R. Charrel, K. Belhouchat, T. Drali, A. Nougairede, N. Salez, P.-E. Fournier, D. Raoult, P. Brouqui, P. Parola, P. Gautret); Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée, Marseille (S. Benkouiten, R. Charrel, A. Nougairede, N. Salez, P.-E. Fournier, D. Raoult, P. Brouqui, P. Parola, P. Gautret); Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Z.A. Memish, M. al Masri); Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Riyadh (Z.A. Memish)
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Patterns of respiratory viruses detected among 64 pilgrims who were positive for viruses during the study period before departing from France and before leaving Saudi Arabia, 2013 Hajj. FLUA, influenza A(H3N2) virus; FLUB, influenza B virus; FLUC, influenza C virus; A/H1N1, A(H1N1)pdm09 virus; HAdV, human adenovirus; HBoV, human bocavirus; HCMV, human cytomegalovirus; HCoV, human coronaviruses; EV, human enterovirus; HMPV, human metapneumovirus; HPeV, human parechovirus; HPIV, human parainfluenza virus; HRV, human rhinovirus; RSV, human respiratory syncytial virus;
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