id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-258611-uzzs8w1j Ma, Xuezheng No MERS-CoV but positive influenza viruses in returning Hajj pilgrims, China, 2013–2015 2017-11-10 .txt text/plain 2148 124 52 BACKGROUND: There is global health concern that the mass movement of pilgrims to and from Mecca annually could contribute to the international spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The MERS-CoV and respiratory viruses detection results at points of entry in China from 2013 to 2015 indicated that there were no MERS-CoV infection but a 5.7% positive influenza viruses in returning Chinese pilgrims. As of November 2015, there had been 1618 laboratoryconfirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection reported to the World Health Organization, and at least 579 cases had died [1, 2] . Two hypotheses were tested: (1) There is a significant difference in the positive and negative rates of influenza virus detection between Hajj pilgrims with symptoms and those without. In this study, we did not detect any cases of MERS-CoV infection but respiratory virus infections including influenza A and B, hMPV, hRSV, and human coronavirus were detected among Hajj pilgrims returning to China. ./cache/cord-258611-uzzs8w1j.txt ./txt/cord-258611-uzzs8w1j.txt