Abdullah A. Balkhair, et al. infected individual could infect three), and can spread through
asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic individuals. 12 It has a median incubation period of five…

Objectives: Most of the morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) result from opportunistic infections (OIs). Although …

Study aim. Effective Tuberculosis (TB) control measures in Oman have reduced the annual
incidence of tuberculosis cases by 92% between 1981 and 2016. However, the current …

Objectives We sought to investigate the prevalence of HIV in pregnant women and the
maternal, obstetrical, and neonatal outcomes over 13 years (2005–2017) at Sultan Qaboos …

Tuberculosis (TB) originating from expatriates that hail from high TB-burden countries is
hypothesized to play a role in continued TB transmission in Oman. Here, we used whole-…

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the pattern of viral infections in infants and
children admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Sultan Qaboos University …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life-threatening infection. Despite advances
in management, it still causes high morbidity and mortality. We report the case of an 8-year-…

Abdullah A. Balkhair infectious diseases physicians in Oman—based on the Ministry of Health
2020 annual health report, 11 personal communication with practicing infectious diseases …

Objectives: To investigate retrospectively the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1
and 2 among pregnant women during a 10-year period. Methods: The total number of …

Although a vaccine is available for the prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, HBV
infects nearly two billion people around the world and mainly in the underdeveloped countries…