[
    {
        "id": "osp-11226",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Characteristics of Hepatitis B Infection in a Sample of Omani Patients",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Naamani",
                "given": "Khalid"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Maqbali",
                "given": "Ali"
            },
            {
                "family": "Siham",
                "given": ""
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/characteristics-of-hepatitis-b-infection-in-a-sample-of-omani-patients",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "13",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "380-385",
        "DOI": "10.18295/2075-0528.1492",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to describe the demographic and virological characteristics of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in a sample of Omani patients, and indirectly assess the efficacy of hepatitis B vaccination programmes and catch-up strategies. Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken of all patients with chronic HBV infections evaluated and followed-up at the Hepatology Clinic of the Armed Forces Hospital (AFH), Muscat, Oman, between January 2009 and April 2011. Results: A total of 154 patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of infected patients was 33 years with 72.7% being over 27 years. Females constituted 47.7% of the patients. Half of the cohort was referred either from the AFH’s Obstetric Clinic (29.2%) or its Blood Bank (22.1%). A family history of chronic HBV infection was present in 70% of patients. A total of 95% had positive hepatitis B surface antigens, while only 5% had isolated total hepatitis B core antibodies. Most patients (96%) were hepatitis B e-antigen-negative. The majority (77.9%) had low HBV dioribonucleic acid levels of"
    }
]