| q fever in human and livestock populations in oman. | in 2000, q fever was documented for the first time in the sultanate of oman in two patients, one with chronic pericarditis and the other with acute pneumonia. in 2001, a study of a randomly selected group of 102 adult patients from different provinces in northern oman, presenting to the university hospital in muscat with unrelated conditions (e.g., diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease), revealed that 10 (9.8%) were seropositive for previous coxiella burnetii infection. examination of sera f ... | 2003 | 12860629 |
| hepatic lipidosis associated with cobalt deficiency in omani goats. | livers from 36 of 684 (5.3%) apparently healthy goats examined at an abattoir in the greater muscat area of oman exhibited gross pathological findings characterized by extremely pale, friable, fatty livers encompassing the entire organ. histopathologically, diffuse hepatic lipidosis and occasional bile duct proliferation were observed. periodic acid schiff-positive, diastase-resistant pigment was observed in the macrophages lining the sinusoids. these histopathological lesions were consistent wi ... | 1999 | 10461798 |