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Gearing up for prevention: The Hajj meets H1N1
Nov 17 2009, John

For many Muslims it’s the journey of a lifetime: making the Hajj pilgrimage. Almost 3 million faithful, together, in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. But this year, the Hajj could become an incubator for the H1N1 virus.

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