Estimating Potential Incidence of MERS-CoV Associated with Hajj Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, 2014

Between March and June 2014 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) had a large outbreak of MERS-CoV, renewing fears of a major outbreak during the Hajj this October. Using KSA Ministry of Health data, the MERS-CoV Scenario and Modeling Working Group forecast incidence under three scenarios. In the expected incidence scenario, we estimate 6.2 (95% Prediction Interval [PI]: 1-17) pilgrims will develop MERS-CoV symptoms during the Hajj, and 4.0 (95% PI: 0-12) foreign pilgrims will be infected but return home before developing symptoms. In the most pessimistic scenario, 47.6 (95% PI: 32-66) cases will develop symptoms during the Hajj, and 29.0 (95% PI: 17-43) will be infected but return home asymptomatic. Large numbers of MERS-CoV cases are unlikely to occur during the 2014 Hajj even under pessimistic assumptions, but careful monitoring is still needed to detect possible mass infection events and minimize introductions into other countries.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

PLoS currents - 6(2014) vom: 24. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lessler, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Barraquer, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Cummings, Derek A T [VerfasserIn]
Garske, Tini [VerfasserIn]
Van Kerkhove, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Mills, Harriet [VerfasserIn]
Truelove, Shaun [VerfasserIn]
Hakeem, Rafat [VerfasserIn]
Albarrak, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Ferguson, Neil M [VerfasserIn]
MERS-CoV Scenario Modeling Working Group [VerfasserIn]
MERS-CoV Scenario Modeling Working Group [VerfasserIn]
Aguas, Ricardo [Sonstige Person]
Algarni, Homud [Sonstige Person]
AlHarbi, Khalid [Sonstige Person]
Cauchemez, Simon [Sonstige Person]
Clapham, Hannah [Sonstige Person]
Collins, Caitlin [Sonstige Person]
Cori, Anne [Sonstige Person]
Donnelly, Christl [Sonstige Person]
Fraser, Christophe [Sonstige Person]
Jombart, Thibaut [Sonstige Person]
Moore, SeanM [Sonstige Person]
Nouvellet, Pierre [Sonstige Person]
Riley, Steven [Sonstige Person]
Salje, Henrik [Sonstige Person]
Turkistani, Abdulhafiz [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Infectious disease
Journal Article
MERS-coronavirus

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Date Completed 16.02.2015

Date Revised 29.01.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/currents.outbreaks.c5c9c9abd636164a9b6fd4dbda974369

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM246275855