id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314607-bcocsjij Memish, Ziad A. The prevalance of respiratory viruses among healthcare workers serving pilgrims in Makkah during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic 2011-12-23 .txt text/plain 3488 187 54 The prevalance of respiratory viruses among healthcare workers serving pilgrims in Makkah during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic KEYWORDS Hajj; Viral; Respiratory; Healthcare workers; H1N1 Summary Despite the high risk of acquiring respiratory infections, healthcare workers who treat pilgrims at Hajj have not been studied in previous research on respiratory diseases during Hajj. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of different respiratory viruses among healthcare workers who treated pilgrims during Hajj 2009, the year of the influenza A H1N1 pandemic. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of different respiratory viruses among healthcare workers who treated pilgrims during Hajj 2009, the year of the influenza A H1N1 pandemic. Among the 18 circulating respiratory virus types and subtypes, only two were detected in the healthcare workers in the pre-and post-Hajj period: rhinovirus (N Z 21, 12.6%) and coronavirus 229E (N Z 1, 0.6%) . ./cache/cord-314607-bcocsjij.txt ./txt/cord-314607-bcocsjij.txt