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2022 Nov


Oman Med J


37


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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Dengue Fever in a Recent Outbreak in Oman: A Single Center Retrospective-cohort Study.

Authors

Al Awaidy ST, Khamis F, Al-Zakwani I, Al Kindi S, Al Busafi S, Al Sulaimi K, Al Sidiari H
Oman Med J. 2022 Nov; 37(6):e452.
PMID: 36458248.

Abstract

Dengue fever (DF) is the most common arthropod-borne viral illness with significant public health implications that can cause severe clinical symptoms and possibly death. We sought to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients presented with DF to the Royal Hospital in a recent outbreak in Oman.