| echinococcosis multilocularis in south-eastern anatolia, turkey. | to quantify the human prevalence, elucidate possible risk factors and present other epidemiological parameters of human alveolar echinococcosis in the south-eastern region of turkey. | 2003 | 14601778 |
| molecular genetic characterization of different isolates of echinococcus granulosus in east and southeast regions of turkey. | we used pcr-rflp analysis of ribosomal its1 fragment using four different restriction enzymes and dna sequencing of mitochondrial co1 gene to investigate the genetic characteristics of isolates of echinococcus granulosus obtained from different hosts (179 sheep, 19 cattle, 7 goat, 1 camel, 1 dog and 1 human) and regions (elazig, malatya, erzurum, van, diyarbakir and sanliurfa) of turkey. the report represents the most comprehensive genotypic investigation of e. granulosus isolates undertaken in ... | 2008 | 18579101 |
| where do we stand in the control of rabies? knowledge and practices among physicians in a health district in turkey. | objective.-: the aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of rabies transmission and control among physicians practicing in healthcare centers in sanliurfa, turkey where 2 cases of human rabies were reported in the past 12 months. implementation issues regarding the current guidelines will also be discussed. methods.-: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 84 physicians practicing in healthcare centers in sanliurfa, located in the southeastern anatolian region of turkey. r ... | 2010 | 21440467 |
| [a human rabies case with antemortem diagnosis]. | rabies, which is an acute, progressive, fatal zoonotic infectious disease, is almost always caused by the bite of rabid animals containing rabies virus in their saliva. since there is no established specific therapy for rabies, preventive and prophylactic measures are of critical importance. in this report a case of human rabies diagnosed antemortem, was presented. a 29 year old man was admitted to harran university hospital (in sanliurfa province, located at southeastern anatolia) emergency ser ... | 2010 | 20549967 |
| serodiagnosis and epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in turkey. | infantile mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (ivl) and anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) have long been known to exist in the western and southeastern turkey, respectively. to further study these and other related diseases, a recombinant antigen (rk39) specific to vl was used in an elisa for serodiagnosis of selected patients and for screening dog reservoir populations in several endemic sites. among 24 confirmed vl cases from western turkey, the rk39 elisa proved to be more sensitiv ... | 1998 | 9749626 |