Detection of Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica in domestic cats in the Ege Region of Turkey
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: SERDAR PAŞA, Aslı TETİK VARDARLI, NURAL EROL, MEHMET KARAKUŞ, Seray TÖZ, ABİDİN ATASOY, İBRAHİM CÜNEYT BALCIOĞLU, Gulten Emek Tuna, ÖZGE V ERMİŞ, HATİCE ERTABAKLAR, Yusuf ÖZBEL
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 212, pp 389-392
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.042
Summary
Leishmaniosis is a group of diseases caused by different species of Leishmania parasites in mammalian species. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of Leishmania spp. DNA in cats using real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays targeting internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) and heat-shock protein 70 gene (Hsp70) regions with Leishmania species-specific primers and probes.