Clinical Characteristics of Dengue Fever Patients by Season in Muscat, Oman (2022–2023)

Clinical data for patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue fever in the Muscat Governorate of Oman, covering the years 2022 and 2023. The dataset is stored in an XLS file sized 9.5 KB and was authored by Ibtisam Khalifa Al-Maskari. It was last updated on 2026-05-29.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal variation in dengue fever clinical presentation based on the seasonal grouping mentioned in the description
• Study the demographic or symptomatic profile of confirmed dengue cases in Muscat based on the described clinical characteristics
• Model disease incidence patterns over a two-year period based on the 2022–2023 time range

Strengths

• Data is specifically focused on laboratory-confirmed dengue fever cases, which suggests high diagnostic certainty.
• The dataset has a defined temporal scope covering two years (2022–2023) and a specific geographic location (Muscat Governorate, Oman).
• It is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited number of records or features.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely collected from clinical or public health records in Muscat, Oman.

Time Range

2022–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 17:42:45; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Muscat Governorate, Oman