Epidemiology and seasonal patterns of hospitalized dengue cases in Muscat Governorate, Oman (2022–2023): A retrospective study

• Ibtisam Khalifa Al-Maskari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ibtisam Khalifa Al-Maskari, Sanjay Jaju, Zainab M. Al-Zadjali

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3877-5332

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• Sanjay Jaju ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ibtisam Khalifa Al-Maskari, Sanjay Jaju, Zainab M. Al-Zadjali

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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• Zainab M. Al-Zadjali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ibtisam Khalifa Al-Maskari, Sanjay Jaju, Zainab M. Al-Zadjali

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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• Amal Malehi ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AM, AAH, KAS, and HAS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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• Asiya Al Hasni ,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AM, AAH, KAS, and HAS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Higher Institute of Health Specialties, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

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• Khaleefathullah A. Sheriff ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ AM, AAH, KAS, and HAS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology Laboratories, The Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3198-0791

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• Hilal Al Sidairi ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources

  ¶‡ AM, AAH, KAS, and HAS also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology Laboratories, The Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

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• Adil Said Al Wahaibi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

  * E-mail: adil.alwahaibi@moh.gov.om

  Current address: Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

  Affiliation Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-0800

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