Seroprevalence of Leishmania infection and molecular detection of Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infanturn in stray cats of Izmir, Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2016
Yazarlar: Hüseyin CAN, Mert DÖŞKAYA, Güven ÖZDEMİR, E Şahar, Muhammet KARAKAVUK, B Pektaş, M Karakuş, Seray TÖZ, Ayşe CANER, Aysu DEĞİRMENCİ DÖŞKAYA, Gülce İz, Yusuf ÖZBEL, Cemal ÜN, Adnan Yüksel GÜRÜZ
EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, 2016, cilt 167, ss 109-114
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2016.05.011
Özet
Leishmaniasis caused by more than 20 species of genus Leishmania is transmitted by the bite of infected phlebotomine sand flies. The studies on Leishmania infection in cats is very few in Turkey and therefore we aimed to screen stray cats living in city of Izmir located in western Turkey using nested PCR targeting kinetoplast DNA and serological techniques (ELISA and IFA). Leishmania DNA positive samples were also studied by ITS1 real time PCR.