title: Advancing the global health security agenda in light of the 2015 annual Hajj pilgrimage and other mass gatherings.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Habida
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elachola
authors.affiliation: Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assiri
authors.affiliation: Makkah regional Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdual Hafiz
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Turkestani
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: Samba S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sow
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmar.
authors.forename: Eskild
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Jaffar A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Al-Tawfiq
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ziad A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Memish