| infectious and tropical diseases in oman: a review. | oman is generally hot and dry, but the salalah region in southern dhofar province is relatively cool and rainy during the summer monsoon, and has a distinctive pattern of infection. important, notifiable infections in oman include tuberculosis, brucellosis (endemic in dhofar), acute gastroenteritis, and viral hepatitis: 4.9% of the adults are seropositive for hepatitis b surface antigen and approximately 1.2% for hepatitis c virus. infection with human immunodeficiency virus is uncommon, and lep ... | 1999 | 10674671 |