Hajj Pilgrimage and the New Emerging Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outside the Middle East

authors:

avatar Viroj Wiwanitkit 1 , *

Graduate School Public Health Curriculum, Surin Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand
Health Scope: Vol.5, issue 1; e32370
published online: February 15, 2016
article type: Letter
received: August 13, 2015
revised: September 23, 2015
accepted: September 28, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.20155

how to cite: Wiwanitkit V. Hajj Pilgrimage and the New Emerging Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outside the Middle East. Health Scope. 2016;5(1):e32370. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.20155.

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