Publications

[visceral leishmaniasis in ordubad district, nakhichevan assr].	visceral leishmaniasis (vl) focus in the ordubad district of the nakhichevan assr has become active for the last years. complex study of the focus, performed in 1985-1987, allowed to establish the following: vl causative agent, circulating in the ordubad district belongs to the leishmania infantum species. it was identified by isoenzymatic analysis (for 12 enzymes) and the adler serological test. disease cases prevailed in the upper part of the town of ordubad and were confined to a small area ( ...	1989	2528672
phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus, a vector of leishmania infantum in northwestern iran.	visceral leishmaniasis is caused by leishmania infantum, which is transmitted to humans by bites of phlebotomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in iran. to identify the vector(s), an investigation was carried out in germi district, an important focus of the disease in ardebil province in northwestern iran, during july-september 2004 and 2005. using sticky papers, cdc light traps and aspirators, 3,560 sand flies were collected and identified to species. host bl ...	2009	19769040
molecular detection of leishmania infantum in naturally infected phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus in bilesavar district, northwestern iran.	visceral leishmaniasis is caused by leishmania infantum, transmitted to humans by bites of phlebotomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in iran. to identify the vector(s), an investigation was carried out in bilesavar district, one of the important foci of the disease in ardebil province in northwestern iran, during july-september 2008.	2011	22808407
molecular detection and identification of leishmania spp. in naturally infected phlebotomus tobbi and sergentomyia dentata in a focus of human and canine leishmaniasis in western turkey.	human visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is reported from 38 provinces of turkey and dogs are accepted as main reservoir hosts. kuşadası town, belonging to aydın province and located in western part of turkey, is endemic for human and canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by leishmania infantum mon1 and mon98. in this study, phlebotomine survey was conducted to determine the vector sand fly species and to identify sand fly blood meal sources. in august and september 2012, 1027 sand fly specimens were ca ...	2016	26747008
molecular screening of leishmania spp. infection and bloodmeals in sandflies from a leishmaniasis focus in southwestern turkey.	leishmaniasis is an arthropod-borne disease that affects approximately 2 million people worldwide annually. the aims of this study were to detect the presence of leishmania (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae) dna and the feeding preferences of probable vector species in an endemic focus of leishmania infantum in turkey. entomological sampling was performed in august and october 2015 in aydın province, where cases of human and canine leishmaniasis have been reported previously. a total of 1059 san ...	2016	27910105