| sero-epidemological survey on canine visceral leishmaniasis and the distribution of sandfly vectors in northwestern turkey: prevention strategies for childhood visceral leishmaniasis. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by leishmania infantum, is an endemic disease in aegean and mediterranean regions among humans and dogs. in this study, a sero-epidemiological survey for vl and cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl), which both are sporadically reported in the region, were carried out in the villages of eskisehir, afyon, and bilecik cities. the study was designed according to the location of the sporadic cases of vl and cl, and blood samples of 111 dogs were randomly collected. lymph no ... | 2006 | 16287909 |