Publications

[cutaneous leishmaniasis in the urban area of sanliurfa (turkey)].	in the leishmaniasis focus of sanliurfa, south-east turquey, phlebotomine sandflies catches in houses and stables seem to confirm the parasitological data with an urban cycle due to leishmania tropica transmitted by phlebotomus sergenti. the incidence could be reduce drastically by intradomiciliar and stables insecticide pulverisations.	1996	9053048
sand flies (diptera: phlebotominae) in sanliurfa, turkey: relationship of phlebotomus sergenti with the epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis.	sand fly (diptera: phlebotominae) fauna were surveyed in various districts of sanliurfa in southeast turkey for 3 yr immediately after an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis (leishmania tropica). sticky papers and cdc light traps collected a total of 10,937 sand flies, of which 10,919 (4,158 females and 6,761 males) were identified as phlebotomus and 18 (11 females and seven males) as sergentomyia (s. theodori parrot; s. adleri theodor). eight phlebotomus spp. were identified: p. sergenti parrot ...	2002	11931243
use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of natural leishmania infections in phlebotomine sand flies from southeastern turkey.	in total, 320 phelebotomine sand flies from alibozlu (osmaniye), kizyusuflu (osmaniye), and sanliurfa in southeastern turkey were tested for the detection and identification of leishmania in vector sand flies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with species-specific monoclonal antibodies. we used monoclonal antibodies that recognize both leishmania tropica and leishmania major, and a monoclonal antibody specific only to l. tropica. phosphate-buffered saline and monoclonal antibody m2 recognizin ...	2006	16619606