Azhar, EI and Hui, DS and McCloskey, B and El-Kafrawy , SA and Sharma, A and Maeurer , M and Shui-Shan Lee, S and Zumla, A (2022) The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 and camel pageant championships increase risk of MERS-CoV transmission and global spread. Lancet.

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Abstract

Mass gatherings, such as sporting events and festivals, create ideal conditions for human-to-human transmission of a range of infectious diseases, which can rapidly spread globally due to ease of travel.1 In Qatar two mass gathering events are being held simultaneously, the FIFA World Cup 2022 championship2 and the Camel Mzayen Club’s camel beauty pageant festival.3 These have attracted hundreds of thousands of people from within the Middle East and across the world. Many are attending both events, interacting closely with each other and with camels, creating ideal conditions for the transmission of camel-associated zoonotic pathogens with epidemic potential.4 These pathogens include the highly lethal MERS-CoV. Dromedary camels in the Middle East are a major reservoir of MERS-CoV. Humans sporadically become infected through direct or indirect contact with MERSCoV- infected camels or camel dairy products.5

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	1 King Fahd Medical Research Center and Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: eazhar@kau.edu.sa. 2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. 3 Global Health Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK. 4 King Fahd Medical Research Center and Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21362, Saudi Arabia. 5 Department of Biotechnology, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India. 6 Immunotherapy Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal; I Medical Clinic, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 7 Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. 8 Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London Royal Free Campus, London, UK; National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Subjects:	Insect Molecular Biology
Depositing User:	Mr. Rameshwar Nema
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2023 11:45
Last Modified:	03 Jan 2023 11:45
URI:	http://nccs.sciencecentral.in/id/eprint/1231

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