| west nile virus seroprevalence in blood donors from central anatolia, turkey. | west nile virus (wnv) is a reemerging flavivirus that has displayed a drastic change in epidemiology in the last decade. data on wnv activity in turkey are currently limited. this study investigated wnv exposure in blood donors from central anatolia, turkey. | 2010 | 20021274 |
| [investigation of west nile virus in central nervous system infections of unknown etiology in ankara, turkey]. | arthropod-borne viral infections have recently gained considerable attention and importance as re-emerging infections in a global scale. west nile virus (wnv), a member of flaviviridae, is an enveloped positive strand rna virus that is usually transmitted to humans by the bite of culicine mosquitoes. although the majority of the human infections are asymptomatic, wnv may also cause febrile and neuro-invasive diseases. seroprevalence data from turkey indicate that wnv activity is present in centr ... | 2010 | 20549960 |
| [investigation of dengue virus and yellow fever virus seropositivities in blood donors from central/northern anatolia, turkey.] | dengue virus (denv) and yellow fever virus (yfv) are two of the globally prevalent vector-borne flaviviruses. data on these viruses from turkey is limited to a single study originating from the western, aegean region of turkey, where evidence for denv exposure had been confirmed in residents and presence of hemagglutination inhibiting antibodies against yfv had been revealed. the aim of this study was to investigate the rates of seropositivity of denv and yfv in blood donors from central/norther ... | 2010 | 21063991 |
| [an imported chikungunya fever case from new delhi, india to ankara, turkey: the first imported case of turkey and review of the literature]. | chikungunya virus (chikv) is an arthropod-borne alphavirus that causes an acute febrile illness, chikungunya fever. chikv virus is geographically distributed in africa, india, and south-east asia. chikungunya fever outbreaks have been reported from india since 2006. the incubation period is 3-7 days, and the disease is characterized by sudden onset of high fever and severe arthralgia. other symptoms can be rash, headache, fatigue, nausea-vomiting, and myalgias. here, we report the first chikungu ... | 2012 | 22399181 |