Control of the 2018–2019 dengue fever outbreak in Oman: A country previously without local transmission

Background: In December 2018, routine surveillance identified an autochthonous outbreak of dengue fever in Muscat Governorate, Oman, a region previously free of dengue fever. Methods: Routine surveillance confirmed locally acquired cases in the second week of December, leading to a rapid public heal...

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Main Authors: Seif S. Al-Abri, Padmamohan J. Kurup, Abdulla Al Manji, Hanan Al Kindi, Adel Al Wahaibi, Amina Al Jardani, Osama Ahmed Mahmoud, Lamia Al Balushi, Bader Al Rawahi, Fatma Al Fahdi, Huda Al Siyabi, Zainab Al Balushi, Samira Al Mahrooqi, Asim Al Manji, Abdulla Al Sharji, Khalid Al Harthi, Bader Al Abri, Amira Al-Raidan, Zakiya Al Bahri, Said Al-Mukhaini, Mohammed Amin, A.R. Prasanna, Eskild Petersen, Fatma Al Ajmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219304102