Incidence, risk factors, and whole-genome sequence of SARs-CoV-2 and influenza virus among the Egyptian pilgrims returning from Umrah mass gathering in Saudi Arabia, April-May 2022

• Main Authors: Amr Kandeel (Author), Manal Fahim (Author), Ola Deghedy (Author), Walaa Alim (Author), Wael H. Roshdy (Author), Mohamed K. Khalifa (Author), Rabeh El Shesheny (Author), Ahmed Kandeil (Author), Amel Naguib (Author), Nancy Elguindy (Author), Mohammad Abdel Fattah (Author), Salma Afifi (Author), Amira Mohsen (Author), Khaled Abdelghaffar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Ramadan Umrah is the second largest Islamic pilgrimage with 2.75 million pilgrims allowed in 2022. This report presents the results of a survey among Egyptian pilgrims returning from Ramadan Umrah to monitor SARS-CoV-2 and influenza activity and identify prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants aft...