Influenza among U.K. pilgrims to hajj, 2003

Haitham El Bashir et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct.

. 2004 Oct;10(10):1882-3.

doi: 10.3201/eid1010.040151.

No abstract available

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