The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread

Esam I. Azhar; David S. Hui; Brian McCloskey; Sherif A. El-Kafrawy; Avinash Sharma; Markus Maeurer; Shui Shan Lee; Alimuddin Zumla

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00543-5

The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread

Esam I. Azhar
, David S. Hui
, Brian McCloskey
, Sherif A. El-Kafrawy
, Avinash Sharma
, Markus Maeurer
, Shui Shan Lee
, Alimuddin Zumla

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e189-e190
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00543-5
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023
Externally published	Yes

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AZ is co-principal investigator of The Pan-African Network on Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections (PANDORA-ID-NET, CANTAM-3, and EACCR-3) funded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, supported by the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. AZ is in receipt of a UK-National Institute for Health and Care Research Senior Investigator award and is a Mahathir Science Award and EU-EDCTP Pascoal Mocumbi Prize Laureate. The views expressed are the authors' own and do not reflect those of their respective institutions.

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The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread

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