A New Approach for Determining the Spatial Risk Levels for Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis related with the Distribution of Vector Species in Western Part of Turkey using Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2012
Yazarlar: Muhibullah Kirami ÖLGEN, Yusuf ÖZBEL, İbrahim Cüneyt Balcıoğlu, SAMİYE DEMİR, Fatih Mehmet Şimşek, Seray TÖZ, Hatice Ertabaklar, Mehmet Ziya ALKAN
KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2012, cilt 18, ss 77-84
Özet
<p><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">Leishmaniases are present </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> two clinical forms, as </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">visceral</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> and </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">cutaneous</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">, </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Turkey</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> showing </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">a</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> tendency </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">of</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> spreading throughout </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> country. </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> aim </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">of</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> present study was to produce </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">a</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">new</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> model </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">for</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">determining</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; 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font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> entomological studies </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> this </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">leishmaniasis</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> focus indicated </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; 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list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">of</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);"> </span><span class="hitHilite" style="margin: 0px; list-style: none; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(42, 45, 53); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">leishmaniasis</span><span style="color: rgb(42, 45, 53); 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