Ebrahim SH, Zumla A, Wong J, Ur Rahman M, Al-Abri. Reducing the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus H5N1 transmission during the Hajj. Nat Med. 2024 Jun 3
Nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide will celebrate the Festival of Sacrifice, Eid ul-Adha, during the third week of June 2024. During this festival, animals are sacrificed as part of a religious ritual, which could pose a risk for zoonotic transmission of the highly pathogenic influenza virus H5N1, recently identified in dairy cattle in the United States.
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