Seray TÖZ

Tıp Fakültesi, Temel Tıp Bilimleri Bölümü, Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı

Research areas: Health Sciences, Medicine, Fundamental Medical Sciences, Parasitology, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Internal Medicine Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Veterinary Sciences

Publications

• Effects of Leishmania tropica infection on macrophage polarization (2026)
• Comparative de novo transcriptomic analysis of Leishmania tropica provides insights into translation, metabolism, and virulence-related pathways potentially associated with Leishmania RNA virus 2 status (2026)
• Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Specificity of Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus tobbi recombinant salivary proteins developed as serological surveillance tool (2026)
• Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 1 of Specificity of Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus tobbi recombinant salivary proteins developed as serological surveillance tool (2026)
• Additional file 1 of Specificity of Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus tobbi recombinant salivary proteins developed as serological surveillance tool (2026)
• Additional file 3 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 1 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 1 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 3 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 2 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Additional file 2 of Development of new screening tools to evaluate dog exposure to Phlebotomus tobbi and Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies (2026)
• Refugees/Immigrants and leishmaniasis in the world's largest hosting country, Türkiye: A systematic review (2025)
• External quality assessment for molecular detection of sand fly-borne phleboviruses circulating in the Mediterranean Basin (2025)
• Evaluation of IgG anti-L. tropica antibody response as a biomarker for cutaneous leishmaniasis using ELISA in endemic regions of Pakistan (2025)
• The detection and frequency of two ectoparasitic mite species (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae & Microtrombidiidae) on field collected sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotomine) in Western Türkiye (2025)
• Management of Canine Leishmaniasis and the Treatment Trends of Veterinarians in Aegean Region of Türkiye: A Questionnaire-based Survey (2025)
• Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Rare Cause of Perichondritis (2024)
• Molecular Prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Cryptosporidium in Patients with Asthma (2024)
• Genetic diversity and epidemiological insights into cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan: a comprehensive study on clinical manifestations and molecular characterization of Leishmania species (2024)
• Diagnostic challenges in cutaneous leishmaniasis due to atypical Leishmania infantum: pathologists’ insights from re-emergence zones (2024)
• Phylogenetic characterization of two common sandflies, Phlebotomus major and P. kandelakii, in Inebolu District of the West Black Sea Region, Türkiye based on mitochondrial gene sequence analysis (2024)
• First Molecular Evidence of Leishmania Infantum in Domestic Cats and Associated Risk Factors from the Black Sea Region of Türkiye (2024)
• Performance evaluation of nine reference centers and comparison of DNA extraction protocols for effective surveillance of Leishmania-infected Phlebotomine sand flies: Basis for technical recommendations (2024)
• Molecular prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii and Cryptosporidium in patients with asthma (2023)
• Two parasitic mite species on Phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Türkiye: Biskratrombium persicum (Microtrombidiidae) and Eustigmaeus johnstoni (Stigmaeidae) (2023)
• Molecular Prevalence of Microsporidia Infection in Patients with Lung Cancer (2023)
• Detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii by PCR in patients with lung cancer: A preliminary study (2023)
• Immunoinformatics Approach to Design a Multi-Epitope Vaccine against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (2023)
• Comparative analysis of the severity and progression of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in untreated and glucantime-treated patients (2023)
• The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005–2020 (2023)
• Leishmania kinetoplast DNA contributes to parasite burden in infected macrophages: Critical role of the cGAS-STING-TBK1 signaling pathway in macrophage parasitemia (2022)
• The designing of a gel formulation with chitosan polymer using liposomes as nanocarriers of amphotericin B for a non-invasive treatment model of cutaneous leishmaniasis (2022)
• Multiparametric approach to assess the disease severity and progression of cutaneous leishmaniasis infection (2022)
• The Designing of a Gel Formulation with Chitosan Polymer Using Liposomes as Nanocarriers of Amphotericin B for a Non-invasive Treatment Model of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (2022)
• The current epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia and implications for disease emergence in European countries (2022)
• Blood Meal Analysis and Molecular Detection of Leishmania DNA in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Leishmaniasis Endemic Areas of Turkey and Northern Cyprus (2022)
• New-Onset Hypercalcemia After Renal Transplant: An Infectious Etiology Beyond Persistent Hyperparathyroidism (2022)
• The Effect of BTK Inhibitor Ibrutinib on Leishmania infantum Infection In Vitro (2022)
• Blood Meal Analysis and Molecular Detection of Leishmania DNA in Wild-Caught Sand Flies in Leishmaniasis Endemic Areas of Turkey and Northern Cyprus (2022)
• A Pilot Study on the Evaluation of Cryptosporidium Infection in Patients with Lung Cancer; Respiratory Cryptosporidiosis (2022)
• Host–Parasite Interactions: Regulation of Leishmania Infection in Sand Fly (2022)
• Increasing the Sensitivity of Leishmania RNA Virus 2 (LRV2) Detection with a Modification in cDNA Synthesis (2022)
• Investigation of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna, Seasonal Dynamics, and Natural Leishmania spp. Infection in Mug?la, Southwest of Turkey (2021)
• First clinical case of leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum in a domestic cat from Turkey (2021)
• Leishmaniases in the European Union and Neighboring Countries (2021)
• Analysis of morphological variations of three Adlerius (Diptera: Psychodidae) species collected in two cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic foci of Turkey (2021)
• The molecular and serological investigation of Feline immunodeficiency virus and Feline leukemia virus in stray cats of Western Turkey (2021)
• Determination of sand fly fauna and molecular detection of Leishmania in sand flies in Antalya Province, Southern Turkey (2021)
• NEW ONSET HYPERCALCEMIA AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: AN INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY BEYOND PERSISTENT HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (2021)
• İmmünosüprese Konakta Gelişen Lophomonas blattarum Pnömonisi (2020)
• Şanlıurfa’da Leishmania infantum’un Etken Olduğu Kutanöz Leyşmanyazis (Şark Çıbanı) Olguları (2020)
• Rhinosporidium seeberi: Is It a Fungi or Parasite? (2020)
• Diversity of Leishmania Strains Isolated from Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients in Turkey and its Reflection to Clinics in Mice Model (2020)
• First molecular detection and identification of Leishmania species in small wild rodents from Turkey (2020)
• Sandfly surveillance and investigation of Leishmania spp. DNA in sandflies in Kosovo (2020)
• Comparison of Skin Scraping and Standard Superficial Skin Biopsy in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Scabies (2020)
• The initial detection of Toscana virus in phlebotomine sandflies from Turkey (2020)
• Entomological Survey for the Detection of Sand Fly Fauna and Vector Species in the Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Endemic Area in East Mediterranean Region of Turkey, Mersin Province (2020)
• Targeting of antitumor ımmune responses with live-attenuated Leishmania strains in breast cancer model (2020)
• Corrigendum to “Parasites and immunotherapy: Immunostimulatory effect of Leishmania spp. in cancer treatment” [Eur J Cancer 110 (1) (March 2019) S33] (2019)
• Corrigendum to “Parasites and immunotherapy: Immunostimulatory effect of Leishmania spp. in cancer treatment” [Eur J Cancer 110 (1) (March 2019) S33] (2019)
• Parasites and immunotherapy: Immunostimulatory effect of Leishmania spp. in cancer treatment (2019)
• Muğla ve İlçelerinde Bulunan Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) Türleri, Popülasyon Dinamiği ve Leishmania sp.’nin PCR ile Araştırılması (2019)
• The current clinical and geographical situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis based on species identification in Turkey. (2019)
• Risk factors of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with rheumatic diseases (2019)
• Vector and reservoir surveillance study in a canine and human leishmaniasis endemic area in most western part of Turkey, Karaburun (2019)
• Risk Factors of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases (2019)
• Risk Factors of Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases (2019)
• Risk factors of pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with rheumatic diseases (2019)
• Lophomonas blattarum Associated Broncho- Pulmonary Infection After Immunotherapy: A Case Report and A Smart-phone Based Video of Trophozoite (2019)
• Detection of Leishmania RNA virus 2 in Leishmania species from Turkey (2019)
• Leyşmanyanın neden olduğu perikondit: bir olgu sunumu (PS-07) (2018)
• Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Turkey (2018)
• In vitro anti-leishmanial activity of Sarcopoterium spinosum against Leishmania tropica (2018)
• The association between <i>Cytomegalovirus</i> co-infection with <i>Pneumocystis</i> pneumonia and mortality in immunocompromised non-HIV patients (2018)
• The Comparison of Kinetoplastid DNA PCR and Parasitological Methods in the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Using Clinical Samples of Suspected Patients in Turkey (2018)
• Immunotherapeutic effect of avirulan protozoan in breast cancer therapy (2018)
• Sıtma: Sekiz Olgunun Değerlendirilmesi (2018)
• Fever of Unknown Origin and Visceral Leishmaniasis: a Series of 20 Adult Patients (2018)
• Leyşmanyanın Neden Olduğu Perikondrit: Bir Olgu Sunumu (2018)
• Leyşmanyanın neden olduğu perikondit: bir olgu sunumu (2018)
• Fever of Unknown Origin and Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Series of 20 Adult Patients. (2018)
• The association between Cytomegalovirus co-infection with Pneumocystis pneumonia and mortality in immunocompromised non-HIV patients (2018)
• The comparison of kinetoplastid dna pcr and parasitological methods in the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis using clinical samples of suspected patients in Turkey (2017)
• Brezilya Gezisi Sonrası Dermatobia Hominis’inNeden Olduğu Subkutanöz Miyaz Olgusu (2017)
• Midgut bacterial diversity of wild populations of Phlebotomus (P.) papatasi, the vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) in Turkey (2017)
• UZUN SÜRELİ ATEŞ YÜKSEKLİĞİ NEDENİYLE YANLIŞ TANILAR ALDIKTAN SONRA VISERAL LEISCHMANIASIS TANISI ALAN 20 HASTADAN OLUŞAN OLGU SERİSİ (2017)
• Cutaneous Leishmaniasis In Turkey: Comparison Of Diagnostic Methods And Geographical Distribution Of Leishmania Species In Autochthonous Cases (2017)
• Survey of feline immunedeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infantum in stray cats of İzmir, Turkey (2017)
• A new cost and time effective method for multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) studies: Application of Leishmania tropica isolates and clinical samples from Turkey (2017)
• Comparison of polymerase chain reaction using kinetoplast DNA specific primers and other parasitological methods in the diagnosis of clinical samples of suspected patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Şanlıurfa (2017)
• Leishmaniasis in Turkey: Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Turkey (2017)
• The new situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis after civil war in Gaziantep city, Southeastern region of Turkey (2017)
• Ege Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Parazitoloji Moleküler Laboratuvarına Gelen Solunum Örneklerinde Pneumocystis jirovecii Sıklığının Belirlenmesi: Yatan Hastalarda Olası Pneumocytis Pnömonisi Salgınlarının Saptanmasına Yönelik Retrospektif Araştırma (2017)
• Kum Sinekleri (Diptera: Pscychodidae) Vektörlükleri ve Mücadelesi (2017)
• Kanin Leishmaniasis Ulusal Rehberin İşlevi ve İnsan Olguları (2017)
• Epidemiological Analysis of L. tropica Strains and Clinical Slides from Syrian and Turkish Patients using Multilocus Microsatellite Typing (MLMT) (2017)

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