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Volume 23, Number 10—October 2017
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Enteric Infections Circulating during Hajj Seasons, 2011–2013

Moataz Abd El Ghany123Comments to Author , Mona Alsomali1, Malak Almasri1, Eriko Padron Regalado, Raeece Naeem, AbdulHafeez Tukestani, Abdullah Asiri, Grant A. Hill-Cawthorne, Arnab Pain23, and Ziad A. Memish23
Author affiliations: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (M. Abd El Ghany, M. Alsomali, E. Padron Regalado, R. Naeem, A. Pain); University of Sydney, Australia (M. Abd El Ghany, G.A. Hill-Cawthorne); Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (M. Almasri, A. Tukestani, A. Asiri, Z.A. Memish); Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (A. Pain); Alfaisal University, Riyadh (Z.A. Memish); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Z.A. Memish)

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Distribution of infectious agents among persons who acquired enteric infections during their travel for Hajj, 2011–2013, by age group. A) Identified versus unidentified samples; B) type of pathogen; C) bacterial agent. Bacterial agents were the most predominant pathogen detected among all age groups. NI, age not identified.

Figure. Distribution of infectious agents among persons who acquired enteric infections during their travel for Hajj, 2011–2013, by age group. A) Identified versus unidentified samples; B) type of pathogen; C) bacterial agent. Bacterial agents were the most predominant pathogen detected among all age groups. NI, age not identified.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

3These authors were co–principal investigators.

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