| disease burden and case management of bacterial meningitis among children under 5 years of age in saudi arabia. | this study was designed to explore the case management and disease burden of bacterial meningitis among children below the age of 5 years in the kingdom of saudi arabia. | 2003 | 14710273 |
| meningococcal disease and travel. | meningococcal disease continues to be a worldwide problem. this review examines the impact meningococcal disease has on international travel and vice versa the impact international travel has on the intercontinental spread of meningococci. the risk of meningococcal disease to the endemic population differs from that of travellers. the best documented risk of meningococcal disease among travellers has been in hajj pilgrims for mecca and madina in saudi arabia. in response to the recent hajj assoc ... | 2003 | 12615371 |
| meningococcal carriage in umra pilgrims returning from saudi arabia. | moslems from all over the world go to mecca and medina in saudi arabia for two types of pilgrimage: the major pilgrimage (hajj) and the minor (umra). an international outbreak of meningococcal disease with serogroup w-135 occurred in association with hajj pilgrimage in the years 2000 and 2001, and it has been shown that pharyngeal carriage of a single w-135 strain was high in returning hajj pilgrims. we investigated the meningococcal carriage in umra pilgrims to determine the extent of circulati ... | 2003 | 12757687 |