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Editorial
. 2006 Dec 9;333(7580):1182-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.628958.BE.

Hajj and the risk of influenza

A Rashid Gatrad, Shuja Shafi, Ziad A Memish, Aziz Sheikh
Editorial

Hajj and the risk of influenza

A Rashid Gatrad et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

The threat can no longer be ignored

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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