| 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 |
| a survey on canine leishmaniasis in western turkey by parasite, dna and antibody detection assays. | human visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by leishmania infantum is found throughout the mediterranean region, including turkey, where dogs are considered to be the main reservoir host for this parasite. in the district of manisa, western turkey, 37 human vl cases were reported from june 1993-august 1997. twenty-four villages in this district were chosen for a survey of disease prevalence in dogs. the dogs, 490 in total, were examined using either the indirect immunofluoresence assay (ifat) or di ... | 2000 | 10643901 |
| a parasitological, molecular and serological survey of hepatozoon canis infection in dogs around the aegean coast of turkey. | canine hepatozoonosis is caused by the tick-borne protozoon hepatozoon spp. the prevalence of the infection in the aegean coast of turkey was investigated by examination of blood smear parasitology and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) using blood samples from 349 dogs collected from central aydin, kusadasi, selcuk, central manisa, bodrum and marmaris within the aegean coast of turkey. the indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) for the detection of hepatozoon canis antibodies was also used to d ... | 2006 | 16229952 |
| wildlife rabies in western turkey: the spread of rabies through the western provinces of turkey. | the incidence of rabies has decreased in turkey during recent years. however, an increasing number of rabies cases have been reported in the aegean (western) region of turkey. the virus appears to have maintained a foothold in the urban areas of the province of izmir with only three cases per year being reported during the mid-1990s. since 2001, the virus has been recorded in the previously rabies-free provinces of manisa and aydin. during this epizootic, cases have been reported in both dogs an ... | 2006 | 16490142 |