Screening for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Among Febrile Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims: A Study on 28,197 Returning Pilgrims

• Main Authors: M Amin, -, A Bakhtiar, -, M Subarjo, -, Eduardus Bimo Aksono Herupradoto, -, P Widiyanti, -, K Shimizu, -, Y Mori, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2018
• Subjects: SF910 Other diseases and conditions
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/113053/5/Artikel_06_Eduardus_Bimo_Aksono.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/113053/6/Peer_Review_06_Eduardus_Bimo_Aksono.PDF; https://repository.unair.ac.id/113053/7/Similarity_06_Eduardus_Bimo_Aksono.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/113053/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109871/
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

There were 211,000 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims going to Mecca through 11 main airports in 2015 who were at risk of contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). We aimed to find out whether there was any occurrence of MERS-CoV by performing screening on 28,197 returning pilgr...