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Mass gatherings medicine: public health issues arising from mass gathering religious and sporting events by Memish, Ziad A, Steffen, Robert, White, Paul, Dar, Osman, Azhar, Esam I, Sharma, Avinash, Zumla, Alimuddin

“…Mass gathering events are associated with major public health challenges. The 2014 Lancet Series on the new discipline of mass gatherings medicine was launched…”
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The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China by Hui, David S., I Azhar, Esam, Madani, Tariq A., Ntoumi, Francine, Kock, Richard, Dar, Osman, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Mchugh, Timothy D., Memish, Ziad A., Drosten, Christian, Zumla, Alimuddin, Petersen, Eskild

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COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Saudi Arabia: prevention and therapeutic strategies by Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.

“…•Prevention strategies for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Saudi Arabia.•Therapeutic options for COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia…”
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Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study by Assiri, Abdullah, MD, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A, FACP, Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A, FRCS, Al-Rabiah, Fahad A, MD, Al-Hajjar, Sami, MD, Al-Barrak, Ali, MD, Flemban, Hesham, MD, Al-Nassir, Wafa N, MD, Balkhy, Hanan H, MD, Al-Hakeem, Rafat F, MD, Makhdoom, Hatem Q, PhD, Zumla, Alimuddin I, Prof, Memish, Ziad A, Prof

“…Summary Background Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a new human disease caused by a novel coronavirus (CoV). Clinical data on MERS-CoV infections are…”
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Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections by Memish, Ziad A, Zumla, Alimuddin I, Al-Hakeem, Rafat F, Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A, Stephens, Gwen M

“…A novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was recently identified as the cause of severe respiratory disease. In this report from Saudi Arabia, a family cluster of…”
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Ribavirin and interferon alfa-2a for severe Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a retrospective cohort study by Omrani, Ali S, FRCP, Saad, Mustafa M, MD, Baig, Kamran, MPH, Bahloul, Abdelkarim, MD, Abdul-Matin, Mohammed, FRCP, Alaidaroos, Amal Y, MD, Almakhlafi, Ghaleb A, MD, Albarrak, Mohammed M, FRCPC, Memish, Ziad A, Dr Prof, Albarrak, Ali M, FRCPC

“…Summary Background Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection is associated with high mortality and has no approved antiviral therapy…”
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COVID-19 in the Shadows of MERS-CoV in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Barry, Mazin, Al Amri, Maha, Memish, Ziad A.

“…Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has plagued the Middle East since it was first reported in 2012. Recently, at the end of December 2019,…”
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in bats, Saudi Arabia by Memish, Ziad A, Mishra, Nischay, Olival, Kevin J, Fagbo, Shamsudeen F, Kapoor, Vishal, Epstein, Jonathan H, Alhakeem, Rafat, Durosinloun, Abdulkareem, Al Asmari, Mushabab, Islam, Ariful, Kapoor, Amit, Briese, Thomas, Daszak, Peter, Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A, Lipkin, W Ian

“…The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia…”
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Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Assiri, Abdullah, McGeer, Allison, Perl, Trish M, Price, Connie S, Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A, Cummings, Derek A.T, Alabdullatif, Zaki N, Assad, Maher, Almulhim, Abdulmohsen, Makhdoom, Hatem, Madani, Hossam, Alhakeem, Rafat, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A, Cotten, Matthew, Watson, Simon J, Kellam, Paul, Zumla, Alimuddin I, Memish, Ziad A

“…A novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is causing severe disease in the Middle East. In this report on a hospital outbreak of MERS-CoV infection, 23 confirmed cases…”
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Air travel and COVID-19 prevention in the pandemic and peri-pandemic period: A narrative review by Bielecki, Michel, Patel, Dipti, Hinkelbein, Jochen, Komorowski, Matthieu, Kester, John, Ebrahim, Shahul, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Memish, Ziad A., Schlagenhauf, Patricia

“…Air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging for travellers, airlines, airports, health authorities, and governments. We reviewed multiple aspects of…”
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COVID-19 vaccine confidence and hesitancy among health care workers: A cross-sectional survey from a MERS-CoV experienced nation by Barry, Mazin, Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Alhuzaimi, Abdullah, Alamro, Nurah, Al-Eyadhy, Ayman, Aljamaan, Fadi, Saddik, Basema, Alhaboob, Ali, Alsohime, Fahad, Alhasan, Khalid, Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim, Alaraj, Ali, Halwani, Rabih, Jamal, Amr, Alsubaie, Sarah, Al-Shahrani, Fatimah S, Memish, Ziad A, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A

“…Objectives This study aimed to identify coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine perception, acceptance, confidence, hesitancy, and barriers among health…”
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Emergence of medicine for mass gatherings: lessons from the Hajj by Memish, Ziad A, Prof, Stephens, Gwen M, MD, Steffen, Robert, Prof, Ahmed, Qanta A, MD

“…Summary Although definitions of mass gatherings (MG) vary greatly, they consist of large numbers of people attending an event at a specific site for a finite…”
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Transmission of MERS-Coronavirus in Household Contacts by Drosten, Christian, Meyer, Benjamin, Müller, Marcel A, Corman, Victor M, Al-Masri, Malak, Hossain, Raheela, Madani, Hosam, Sieberg, Andrea, Bosch, Berend Jan, Lattwein, Erik, Alhakeem, Raafat F, Assiri, Abdullah M, Hajomar, Waleed, Albarrak, Ali M, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A, Zumla, Alimuddin I, Memish, Ziad A

“…Defining transmission dynamics of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is important for public health measures. In this report,…”
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Hajj: infectious disease surveillance and control by Memish, Ziad A, Prof, Zumla, Alimuddin, Prof, Alhakeem, Rafat F, MD, Assiri, Abdullah, MD, Turkestani, Abdulhafeez, MD, Al Harby, Khalid D, MD, Alyemni, Mohamed, PhD, Dhafar, Khalid, MD, Gautret, Philippe, MD, Barbeschi, Maurizio, PhD, McCloskey, Brian, MD, Heymann, David, Prof, Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A, FRCS, Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A, FACP

“…Summary Religious festivals attract a large number of pilgrims from worldwide and are a potential risk for the transmission of infectious diseases between…”
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Human infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013 by Memish, Ziad A, Cotten, Matthew, Meyer, Benjamin, Watson, Simon J, Alsahafi, Abdullah J, Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A, Corman, Victor Max, Sieberg, Andrea, Makhdoom, Hatem Q, Assiri, Abdullah, Al Masri, Malaki, Aldabbagh, Souhaib, Bosch, Berend-Jan, Beer, Martin, Müller, Marcel A, Kellam, Paul, Drosten, Christian

“…We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole…”
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The Hajj pilgrimage during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: event hosting without the mass gathering by Ebrahim, Shahul H, Ahmed, Yusuf, Alqahtani, Saleh A, Memish, Ziad A

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Clinical aspects and outcomes of 70 patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a single-center experience in Saudi Arabia by Saad, Mustafa, Omrani, Ali S, Baig, Kamran, Bahloul, Abdelkarim, Elzein, Fatehi, Matin, Mohammad Abdul, Selim, Mohei A.A, Mutairi, Mohammed Al, Nakhli, Daifullah Al, Aidaroos, Amal Y. Al, Sherbeeni, Nisreen Al, Al-Khashan, Hesham I, Memish, Ziad A, Albarrak, Ali M

“…Summary Objectives To report the experience with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection at a single center in Saudi Arabia. Methods…”
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Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of 28-Day Mortality in 352 Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Study by Alharthy, Abdulrahman, Aletreby, Waleed, Faqihi, Fahad, Balhamar, Abdullah, Alaklobi, Feisal, Alanezi, Khaled, Jaganathan, Parameaswari, Tamim, Hani, Alqahtani, Saleh A., Karakitsos, Dimitrios, Memish, Ziad A.

“…Background Since the first COVID-19 patient in Saudi Arabia (March, 2020) more than 338,539 cases and approximately 4996 dead were reported. We present the…”
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Clinical predictors of mortality of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection: A cohort study by Alfaraj, Sarah H., Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Assiri, Ayed Y., Alzahrani, Nojoom A., Alanazi, Amal A., Memish, Ziad A.

“…Since the emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, the virus had caused a high case fatality rate. The clinical…”
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A crucial time for public health preparedness: Zika virus and the 2016 Olympics, Umrah, and Hajj by Elachola, Habida, Gozzer, Ernesto, Zhuo, Jiatong, Memish, Ziad A

“…The potential role of scheduled international mass gatherings in 2016 could exacerbate the spread of Zika virus beyond the Americas. In Brazil, the Rio…”
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