| serological and molecular studies on dirofilaria immitis in dogs from turkey. | we estimated the prevalence of dirofilaria immitis infection in domestic dogs in five turkish provinces - sakarya, kocaeli, ankara, elazig and mersin - using a commercial elisa kit for detecting circulating antigen and a pcr test for detecting circulating microfilarial dna. a total of 211 whole-blood and serum samples were collected from dogs of various breeds, ages and life status (owned or stray). sample population characteristics were recorded and examined for differences in prevalence. addit ... | 2008 | 18394211 |
| 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 |