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Pilgrims Disperse Strain of W135 Meningococcus Worldwide

A 1987 outbreak of serogroup A meningococcal disease in pilgrims making the Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca made by Muslims) and in their contacts led . . .

— M Wilson

Published in Journal Watch Infectious Diseases January 26, 2001

Covering Lancet 2000 Dec 23; 356:2159-2159.

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