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. 2018 Aug 28;20(11):44. doi: 10.1007/s11908-018-0650-9

Table 3.

Sport events—key points

• Events: Summer and Winter Olympics, FIFA world cup, EURO football cup
• Population size: variable 1–6 million attendees at largest events
• Outbreaks of respiratory tract infections have been reported, notably measles and influenza
• Gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea due to Salmonella spp. and norovirus have been recorded.