%0 Journal Article
%T Screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among febrile Indonesian Hajj pilgrims: A study on 28,197 returning pilgrims
%A A Bakhtiar
%A EB Aksono
%A K Shimizu
%A M Amin
%A M Subarjo
%A P Widiyanti
%A Y Mori
%J Journal of Infection Prevention
%@ 1757-1782
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1757177418765634
%X There were 211,000 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims going to Mecca through 11 main airports in 2015 who were at risk of contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). We aimed to find out whether there was any occurrence of MERS-CoV by performing screening on 28,197 returning pilgrims. Those with a body temperature of > 38 ˇăC and respiratory symptoms were sent to the airport clinic to have an oropharyngeal swab and a bacterial culture. Fifteen pilgrims had fever (> 38 ˇăC) accompanied by respiratory symptoms; of these, 12 patients were diagnosed with upper and lower respiratory tract infections and three patients with pneumonia. However, none of them were found to be infected with MERS-CoV. The bacterial cultures showed evidence of normal flora growth
%K MERS-CoV
%K pilgrims
%K screening
%K Indonesia
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1757177418765634