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cord-258711-3fqxr2yz	Yezli, Saber	Acquisition of respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens among health care workers during the 2015 Hajj season	2019-09-30		.txt	text/plain	3979	194	51	Methods Two cohorts of HCWs, the first serving Hajj pilgrims in Mecca and the second serving patients in Al-Ahsa, were investigated for respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms and pathogen carriage using multiplex polymerase chain reaction before and after the 2015 Hajj. 12 In a study conducted among 120 HCWs from the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) and other Hajj medical missions during the 2009 season, 10.6% reported respiratory symptoms during the Hajj, and 12.5% were found infected by at least 1 virus post-Hajj comparing to 7.5% pre-Hajj using a PCR assay. [13] [14] [15] Further studies are needed for a better understanding of the impact of Hajj-related illness among HCWs. Although no correlation was observed between clinical symptoms and detection of respiratory pathogens, we report that HCWs exposed to ill pilgrims carried and acquired a number of respiratory pathogens including acquisition of rhinovirus, enterovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, H influenzae, K pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae.	./cache/cord-258711-3fqxr2yz.txt	./txt/cord-258711-3fqxr2yz.txt