Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events

• Ziad A Memish,
• Rana F Kattan,
• Shahul H Ebrahim,
• Avinash Sharma,
• Esam I Azhar,
• Alimuddin Zumla

Affiliations

Ziad A Memish

Research and Innovation Center, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health & College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Rana F Kattan

Department of Paediatrics, King Abdullah Specialist Children's Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Shahul H Ebrahim

University of Sciences, Technique and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

Avinash Sharma

DBT-National Centre for Cell Science, Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India

Esam I Azhar

Special Infectious Agents Unit BSL-3, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alimuddin Zumla

Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK