Fig 1.
Yearly distribution of CCHF cases and deaths reported in Oman: 1995–2017.
Fig 2.
Map of Oman with number of CCHF cases, superimposed on results of previous animal serosurveys for CCHFV antibodies and tick surveys for CCHFV (24–25).
The map was constructed using QGIS software (QGIS Development Team (2018). QGIS Geographic Information System. Open Source Geospatial Foundation Project. http://qgis.osgeo.org) using data from the directorate general for planning, ministry of health, Oman.
Fig 3.
Weekly distribution of CCHF cases in Oman showing clustering after Eid Al Adha: 2013–2017 (n = 80).
Eid Al Adha occurs 10 days earlier in each successive year, indicated by the pale vertical columns between weeks 35 and 43. The risk period is defined as approximately 10 days after the Eid Al Adha festival.
Table 1.
Exposure risk factors for all 88 patients.
Fig 4.
Phylogenetic tree showing Omani sequences clustering in Asia 1 lineage, with other sequences from the GCC region previously deposited in Genbank.