Polio priority countries and the 2018 Hajj: Leveraging an opportunity

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 Sep-Oct:25:3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Aug 7.

¹ University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali. Electronic address: habidaec@gmail.com.
² Polio Eradication Branch, Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: rchitale@cdc.gov.
³ Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: sbe2@cdc.gov.
⁴ Polio Eradication Branch, Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: sgw1@cdc.gov.
⁵ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University & Dept of Research and Internal Medicine Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

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Keywords: Communicable diseases; Eradication; Hajj; Mass gathering; Polio; Saudi Arabia.

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