Meningitis vaccine shortage and the 2019 Hajj mass gathering: market dynamics and epidemic control

J Travel Med. 2019 Jun 11;26(5):taz039. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taz039.

Authors

Shahul H Ebrahim¹, Abdullah M Assiri², Ziad A Memish^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, University of Bamako, 27568, Bamako, Mali.
² Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
³ Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine and Research, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

PMID: 31094426
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taz039

No abstract available

Keywords: Hajj; India; Umrah; mass gathering; meningitis; meningococcal vaccines; polio.

MeSH terms

Crowding*
Humans
Islam*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / epidemiology
Meningitis, Meningococcal / prevention & control*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / transmission
Meningococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage
Meningococcal Vaccines / supply & distribution*
Neisseria meningitidis
Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
Travel*

Substances

Meningococcal Vaccines