The Official Publication of the Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and Saudi Association for Public Health
Director Gulf Cooperation Council (States) Center for Infection Control, Executive Director Infection Prevention & Control Program,
Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Tel: +966 1 252 0088 x 43718/43720, Fax: +966 1 252 0437, Email: zmemish@yahoo.com
Associate Editors:
Q. Ahmed
Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Mineola, New York, USA
H.H. Balkhy
Consultant Pediatric Infectious diseases, King Abdulazziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
G.E. Garber
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
G.C. Gray
Director, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Professor of Epidemiology and International Programs, University of Iowa College of Public Health, USA
D. Haran
Addressing the Balance in Burden in AIDS, Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
R.C. Moellering Jr.
Professor of Medical Research, Harvard Medical School, USA
A. Shibl
Professor of Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Executive Editorial Advisory Board
B. Al Knawy
Chief Executive Officer, National Guard Health Affairs, President King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A. Al Rabeeah
Minister of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
M. Al Tuwaijri
Dean, College of Public Health and Health Information, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
W. Cameron
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Ottawa at The Ottawa Hospital, Canada
K. Earhart
Deputy Head, Commanding Officer, Disease Surveillance, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
E. Larson
Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research, Associate Dean for Research, Columbia University School of Nursing, Professor of
Epidemiology, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA
D. Menzies
Professor/Director, Respiratory Division, McGill University Health Center and McGill University, Montreal Chest Institute, Canada
M. Niederman
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman Department of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA
R. C. Read
Professor, Academic Unit of Infection and Immunity, Sheffield University School of Medicine and Biomedical Science, UK
R. Steffen
Head, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention of Communicable Diseases, Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Travelers' Health, University
of Zurich/Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland
Editorial Board Members
M. Abolfotouh
Head, Medical Team, Biobanking Section, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H. Al Ansari
Consultant, Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology Salmaniya Medical Centre Department of Health, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
A. Al Barrak
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
M. Al Hosni
Senior Consultant, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Head of Department Pediatrics, The Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman
F. Al Rabiah
Consultant, Infectious Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, MBC 46 Department of Medicine, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
J.A. Al-Tawfiq
Consultant, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A. Al Thaqafi
Section Head and Infectious Diseases Consultant, Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program, Department of Medicine, Director,
Infection Prevention and Control Program, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A. Apisarnthanarak
Infectious Disease Consultant/Hospital Epidemiology, Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Thailand
Y. Arabi
Chairman, ICU and Medical Director, Respiratory Services, Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
G.F. Araj
Professor and Director of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
N.J. Beeching
Senior Lecturer (Clinical) in Infectious Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK
Z.A. Bhutta
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
R. Booy
Professor, National Centre for Immunization Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia
A. El Saed
Biostatistician, Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
M. Falagas
Director, Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Director, Infectious Diseases, Clinic Henry Dunant Hospital, Greece
A.E. Gomaa
Sr. Medical Officer, Surveillance Branch, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluation and Health Studies, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
S. Gordon
Chairman and Staff Member in the Department of Infectious Disease, The Cleveland Clinic, USA
E. Gotuzzo
Professor and Director, IMT Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
J. Jagger
Professor of Internal Medicine and Director International Health Care Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia, USA
W. Jarvis
Epidemiologist, President, Jason and Jarvis Associates, USA
K.P. Klugman
William H. Foege Professor of Global Health, The Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA
S. Mehtar
Professor and Head of Academic Unit for Infection Prevention and Control, Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
G. Pappas
Institute of Continuing Medical Education of Ioannina, Greece
T.M. Perl
Professor, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
B. Soule
Practice Leader, Infection Prevention and Control, Joint Commission Resources, Inc., USA
A. Srinivasan
Response Team Leader, Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion, NCPDCID, Epidemiologist, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
G. Stephens
Consultant Microbiologist, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia, Canada
P. Tambyah
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore