id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-257200-q0vqlerz Zumla, A. What is the experience from previous mass gathering events? Lessons for Zika virus and the Olympics 2016 2016-06-15 .txt text/plain 2506 133 52 5 All previous experiences from different mass gathering show that vaccine preventable diseases is the most important infections like influenza, hepatitis A, polio and meningitis. 5 All previous experiences from different mass gathering show that vaccine preventable diseases is the most important infections like influenza, hepatitis A, polio and meningitis. The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) from China to Hong Kong and further to Canada was not due to a mass gathering, but to infected individuals travelling late in the incubation period or just after the onset of symptoms. A review in this issue discusses the need for vaccines for mass gatherings and draws attention to immunization against pneumococcal infections in elderly pilgrims and highlights that polio may be a risk. Communicable diseases as health risks at mass gatherings other than Hajj: what is the evidence? ./cache/cord-257200-q0vqlerz.txt ./txt/cord-257200-q0vqlerz.txt