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  1. Crimean–Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Oman: Currently Emerging Situation and Mitigation Strategies

    Article • Journal of the Oman Medical Association, July 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  2. Palivizumab for respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis in high-risk populations in Qatar: a call for action

    Article • Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, July 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  3. Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Tabarak Malik, Mohammad Qodrati, Javad Javidnia, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Prof Dr Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Dr Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Prof. PALASH MANDAL, Fitsum Bekele, Dr MEHNAZ KAMAL, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Dr Kassaye Demeke Altaye, Prof. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, James-Paul Kretchy, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr Amr Hassan, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Professor KAMRAN ALI, Dr Fuad Hamdi Abuadas, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti, Dr Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Abebe Alemu, Professor Richard James Maude, Dr. Mahmoud Nassar, Godfrey Rwegerera, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Adekunle Sanyaolu, Towhid Hasan, Dr. Taj Mohammad, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar

  4. Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination: Overcoming Barriers to Hesitancy in the GCC countries

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, January 2026, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  5. Oman Vision 2040: A Transformative Blueprint for a Leading Healthcare System with International Standards

    Article • Healthcare, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  6. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Schedules in Syria

    Article • Vaccines, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  7. Global, regional, and national trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage from 1980 to 2023

    Article • The Lancet, June 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Alexandru Corlateanu, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Prof. Tomasz M. Karpiński, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Dr. Tabarak Malik, Dr Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr Adekunle Sanyaolu, Turki Alanzi, James-Paul Kretchy, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr. Olumuyiwa James Peter, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Prof Dr Mohmed Isaqali Karobari, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq, Dr Malik A. Althobiani, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Khurshid Ahmad, Dr MEHNAZ KAMAL, Dr Shariful Islam, Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Felix Nyande, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Richard James Maude, Dr. Mahmoud Nassar, Dr. Georgios D Panos, Godfrey Rwegerera, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti, Faiz Ullah Khan, Dr Arman Abdous, Prof.Dr. Emad M. Abdallah, Emmanuel Kumah, Prince Peprah, Mr Anthony Kwame Morgan, Professor Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe, Dr Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee

  8. Aspects to Enhance in the Quality of Life of Parents of Children with Central Nervous System Tumors

    Article • Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, April 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  9. Mpox in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

    Article • Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, March 2025, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  10. Influence of Culture Among Users of Illegal Drugs: An Ethnographic Study

    Article • September 2024, Qeios Ltd

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  11. Eating Behaviors during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • Healthcare, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  12. Post-Traumatic Psychological Experience of COVID-19 Survivors: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study

    Article • COVID, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  13. Eating Behaviors during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  14. Support for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines for Children

    Article • Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, May 2024, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  15. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries

    Article • The Lancet, May 2024, Elsevier

    Oluwaseun Ogundijo, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Deborah Aluh, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Mohammad Sami Alwardat, Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad, Dr Amr Hassan, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Mr Nauman Khalid, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Sok King Ong, Prof. Manpreet Singh Bhatti, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Turki Alanzi, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Omotayo Francis Fagbule, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Sandra Barteit, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Professor Richard James Maude, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Dr. Georgios D Panos, Dr. Shu Wang, Natália Cruz-Martins, Dr Shrikant Pawar, Ejemai Eboreime, Dr Fakher Rahim, Dr Ruth W Kimokoti, Professor Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe

  16. [Review Article] Drug Use Disorder and Coping Mechanisms Due to COVID-19 Lockdown Measures: A Cross-Sectional Survey

    Article • Qeios, April 2024, Qeios Ltd

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  17. Should we be concern about the Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks?

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, March 2024, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  18. [Review Article] Drug Use Disorder and Coping Mechanisms Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Measures: A Cross-Sectional Survey

    Article • Qeios, February 2024, Qeios Ltd

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  19. Drug Use Disorder and Coping Mechanisms Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Measures: A Cross-Sectional Survey

    Article • Qeios, February 2024, Qeios Ltd

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  20. Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Current Status and Future Prospects

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, January 2024, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  21. Assessing Healthcare Providers' Preparedness for Managing COVID-19 Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, January 2024, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  22. Reply to Hamzavi et al. Comment on “Islam et al. Helminth Parasites among Rodents in the Middle East Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Animals 2020, 10, 2342”

    Article • Animals, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  23. Non-pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) are strategies that individuals and communities

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  24. Spontaneous remission of angioimmunoblastic T‑cell lymphoma

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  25. Herpes Zoster Burden of Disease and Clinical Management in Turkey: A Comprehensive Literature Review

    Article • Infectious Diseases and Therapy, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  26. Antimicrobial Stewardship Opportunities: An Example from Oman

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2023, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  27. The Progress Towards National Malaria Elimination: The Experience of Oman

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2023, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  28. Forecasting smoking deaths to 2050: a forecasting analysis for the global burden of disease study

    Article • Population Medicine, April 2023, E.U. European Publishing

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  29. This review reports on the recent epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) the GCC

    Article • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  30. Influenza Vaccine hesitancy in EMR

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  31. An outbreak of human monkeypox (Hmpox) in multiple non-endemic countries

    Article • Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, February 2023, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  32. Epidemiology of Varicella Zoster Virus and Herpes Zoster Virus in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

    Article • Infectious Diseases and Therapy, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  33. Oman's COVID-19 publication trends: A cross-sectional bibliometric study

    Article • Public Health in Practice, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  34. The Impact of Demographic, Clinical Characteristics and the Various COVID-19 Variant Types

    Article • Diseases, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  35. This study aimed to assess the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in the countries

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  36. The Role of Psychological Factors and Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs in Influenza Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake among Jordanian Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • Vaccines, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  37. Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine’s Acceptability Amongst Health Care Workers in Oman

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  38. Alarming Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Oncology Patients

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  39. Knowledge, Attitude, and Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccine in Oman

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2022, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  40. Improving the process of employee recognition: An exploratory study

    Article • Journal of Hospital Administration, February 2022, Sciedu Press

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  41. Integrated Care for the Elderly in the Primary Health Care setting Oman: The Scope and Experience

    Article • International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, February 2022, International Scientific Invention Journals

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  42. Weaning Practices Impact Factors and Outcomes an experiance from Oman

    Article • International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, February 2022, International Scientific Invention Journals

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  43. A Systematic Review of Influenza Epidemiology and Surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean and North African Region

    Article • Infectious Diseases and Therapy, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  44. Hospitalized Patients with Moderate versus Severe COVID-19 Infection

    Article • Diseases, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  45. Our paper illustrated the importance of influenza vaccination among DM

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, November 2021, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  46. Living-Donor Liver Transplant in Oman: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study of Donors’ Experiences and Challenges

    Article • Journal of Transplantation, November 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  47. Epidemiological Risk Factors for Acquiring Severe COVID-19

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, September 2021, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  48. This a work done by our countries

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, September 2021, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  49. Epidemiological Characteristics of Hepatitis B Positive Patients in Oman

    Article • Academic Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, August 2021, Iris Publishers LLC

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  50. Epidemiological Characteristics of 69,382 COVID-19 Patients in Oman

    Article • August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  51. An Innovative Communication Approach to Mitigate Suffering Among COVID-19 Patients and Their Families: An Experience From Oman

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, July 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  52. Role of primary healthcare in the response to COVID-19

    Article • Journal of Emergency Medicine Trauma and Acute Care, June 2021, QScience

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  53. Levels of Physical Activity,

    Article • International Journal of Social Science and Economics, April 2021, Scholink Co, Ltd.

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  54. Community Participation Approaches for Effective National COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness and Response: An Experience From Oman

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  55. Efforts for measles elimination in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries 2015–2019: A review

    Article • Journal of Emergency Medicine Trauma and Acute Care, January 2021, QScience

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  56. Helminth Parasites among Rodents in the Middle East Countries

    Article • Animals, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  57. Addressing Influenza Vaccination in MENA Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Decreasing the Effects of the Collision

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, November 2020, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  58. Influenza Vaccination Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in Oman

    Article • Vaccines, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  59. Preparing the Community for an upcoming Vaccine Against COVID-19

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, October 2020, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  60. Pneumococcal Meningitis Among Children in the Post-13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era: Three Case Reports

    Article • Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports, September 2020, Opast Group LLC

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  61. Trends and risk factors of mortality and disability adjusted life years for chronic respiratory diseases from 1990 to 2017: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Article • BMJ, August 2020, BMJ

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  62. COVID 19 in Oman

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  63. One Health operational framework for action for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

    Article • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, June 2020, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  64. The Omani experiences in presenting the first COVID 19 cases

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2020, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  65. Oman, MERS-CoV

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  66. This manuscript provided information on Health promotion strategy as part of Vision 2050 in Oman

    Article • Global Health Promotion, March 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  67. This paper gives over the situation of WPV globally and specifically in Oman.

    Article • Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, March 2020, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  68. Assessment of Key Performance Indicators of the Primary Health Care in Oman

    Article • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  69. Zoonotic Diseases in Oman: Successes, Challenges, and Future Directions

    Article • Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, January 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  70. assess the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the COVID-19 epidemic in Oman

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  71. Hepatitis B Elimination in GHC states

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  72. MERS-Cov in Oman

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2019, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  73. Dengue outbreak in Oman

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, March 2019, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  74. Influenza surveillance in MENA countries

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  75. EMARIS report

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  76. Successes and Challenges of HIV/AIDS Program in Oman: 1984–2015

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, January 2019, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  77. TB in Oman

    Article • ERJ Open Research, October 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  78. Assessment of hepatitis B immunization programme among school students in Qatar

    Article • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, August 2018, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Dr Khalid Mohamed Alansari

  79. TB Elimination in GHC states

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, May 2018, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  80. Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 2006 to 2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study.

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, May 2018, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Professor Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari, Mr. Nefsu Awoke, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  81. Assessment of safe injection practices in health facilities in Oman

    Article • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, April 2018, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  82. Pertussis control

    Article • Oman Medical Journal, January 2018, Oman Medical Journal

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  83. The manuscript provided the leprosy situation in Oman and the way forward

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 2017, PLOS

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  84. Progress towards measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome elimination: Oman experience

    Article • Journal of Emergency Medicine Trauma and Acute Care, October 2016, QScience

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  85. Early Clinical Manifestations of CRS

    Article • International Journal of Vaccines and Research, August 2016, SciDoc Publishers LLC

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  86. Late Clinical Manifestations of Congenital Rubella Syndrome

    Article • Medical Research Archives, January 2016, Knowledge Enterprise Journals

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  87. Epidemiology of Pandemic H1N1 in Oman and Public Health Response, 2009

    Article • Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  88. Dengue epidemiological trend in Oman: a 13-year national surveillance and strategic proposition of imported cases

    Article • Tropical Doctor, July 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  89. Cost effectiveness of a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in Oman

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  90. Molecular Epidemiology and Genotyping of Hepatitis B Virus of HBsAg-Positive Patients in Oman

    Article • PLOS One, May 2014, PLOS

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  91. HPV epidemiological situation in EMR

    Article • Vaccine, December 2013, Elsevier

    Ghassan Dbaibo, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  92. Progress toward Elimination of Hepatitis B Virus Transmission in Oman: Impact of Hepatitis B Vaccination

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2013, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  93. Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infection among hospitalized children aged less than 5 years in Oman

    Article • Vaccine, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  94. Absence of lymphatic filariasis infection among secondary-school children

    Article • Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, October 2010, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO)

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  95. The National Committee for Vaccines Regulation and Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the Sultanate of Oman: Evidence-based approach and consensus decision-making

    Article • Vaccine, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  96. Life expectancy and years of life lost in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Findings from the NHANES III Follow-up Study

    Article • International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  97. ocular manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome

    Article • Archives of Ophthalmology, April 2004, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Rajiv Khandekar, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  98. Poliomyelitis in Oman. I. The last outbreak?

    Article • Acta Tropica, October 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy

  99. Poliomyelitis in Oman. II. Toward eradication

    Article • Acta Tropica, October 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy